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Search phrase: grounds

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.i.15Myself in my incertain grounds to failMy selfe in my incertaine grounds to faile
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vii.3But I shall lose the grounds I work upon.But I shall loose the grounds I worke vpon.
HamletHam II.ii.601Abuses me to damn me. I'll have groundsAbuses me to damne me. Ile haue grounds
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.32And like a thief to come to rob my grounds,And like a Theefe to come to rob my grounds:
OthelloOth I.i.29At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other groundsAt Rhodes, at Ciprus, and on others grounds
OthelloOth V.ii.139But that I did proceed upon just groundsBut that I did proceed vpon iust grounds
PericlesPer I.iv.78The ground's the lowest and we are halfway there.our grounds the lowest? / And wee are halfe way there:
PericlesPer II.iv.28And know what ground's made happy by his breath.Or know what ground's made happy by his breath:
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.144with excellencies, that it is his grounds of faith that allwith excellencies, that it is his grounds of faith, that all
Twelfth NightTN V.i.351But when we know the grounds and authors of it,But when we know the grounds, and authors of it,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.63 In brief the grounds and motives of her woe. In breefe the grounds and motiues of her wo.
The Passionate PilgrimPP.9.8 Forbade the boy he should not pass those grounds. Forbad the boy he should not passe those grounds,

Glossary

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cause[duelling] one of the situations or grounds set out in the code of honour which justifies a duel
promisegive one grounds for, lead one to expect
trialevidence, proof, grounds
warranttell, assure, give good grounds to

Thesaurus

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groundstrial
grounds, givepromise
grounds, give goodwarrant

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