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Search phrase: lawful

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All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vii.30You see it lawful then. It is no moreYou see it lawfull then, it is no more,
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vii.38That time and place with this deceit so lawfulThat time and place with this deceite so lawfull
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vii.45Is wicked meaning in a lawful deed,Is wicked meaning in a lawfull deede;
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vii.46And lawful meaning in a lawful act,And lawfull meaning in a lawfull act,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.107Forborne the getting of a lawful race,Forborne the getting of a lawfull Race,
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.65not lawful.not lawfull.
CoriolanusCor III.i.323Where he shall answer by a lawful form,Where he shall answer by a lawfull Forme
CoriolanusCor III.iii.46To suffer lawful censure for such faultsTo suffer lawfull Censure for such faults
CoriolanusCor V.vi.130.1To use my lawful sword!to vse my lawfull Sword.
CymbelineCym I.v.163set down by lawful counsel, and straight away forset downe by lawfull Counsell, and straight away for
CymbelineCym II.iv.161Me of my lawful pleasure she restrainedMe of my lawfull pleasure she restrain'd,
HamletHam III.i.32Her father and myself, lawful espials,Her Father, and my selfe (lawful espials)
Henry VH5 IV.viii.116Is it not lawful, an please your majesty, to tellIs it not lawfull and please your Maiestie, to tell
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.65The first-begotten and the lawful heirThe first begotten, and the lawfull Heire
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.61Doubting thy birth and lawful progeny.Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie.
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.140And therein reverenced for their lawful king.And therein reuerenc'd for their lawfull King.
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.4To entertain great England's lawful king.To entertaine great Englands lawfull King.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.137An if he may, then am I lawful king;And if he may, then am I lawfull King:
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.150My conscience tells me he is lawful king.My Conscience tells me he is lawfull King.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.ii.23Before a true and lawful magistrateBefore a true and lawfull Magistrate,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.ii.86Before thy sovereign and thy lawful king?Before thy Soueraigne, and thy lawfull King?
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.29Of England's true-anointed lawful King.Of Englands true anoynted lawfull King.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.32Am come to crave thy just and lawful aid;Am come to craue thy iust and lawfull ayde:
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.57To England's King in lawful marriage.To Englands King, in lawfull Marriage.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.115To link with him that were not lawful chosen.To linke with him, that were not lawfull chosen.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.i.88Against his brother and his lawful king?Against his Brother, and his lawfull King.
Henry VIIIH8 II.iv.53Who deemed our marriage lawful. Wherefore I humblyWho deem'd our Marriage lawful. Wherefore I humbly
Henry VIIIH8 II.iv.226Prove but our marriage lawful, by my lifeProue but our Marriage lawfull, by my Life
Julius CaesarJC III.i.241Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies,Haue all true Rites, and lawfull Ceremonies,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.336To break a lawful and religious vow?To breake a lawfull and religious vowe.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iii.35Why, is it lawful for a man to kill,Why is it lawfull for a man to kill,
King JohnKJ I.i.9Arthur Plantagenet, lays most lawful claimArthur Plantaginet, laies most lawfull claime
King JohnKJ II.i.95That thou hast underwrought his lawful king,That thou hast vnder-wrought his lawfull King,
King JohnKJ II.i.222But on the sight of us your lawful King,But on the sight of vs your lawfull King,
King JohnKJ III.i.172Then, by the lawful power that I have,Then by the lawfull power that I haue,
King JohnKJ III.i.179.2O, lawful let it beO lawfull let it be
King JohnKJ III.i.186Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.Let it be lawfull, that Law barre no wrong:
King LearKL I.i.253Be it lawful I take up what's cast away.Be it lawfull I take vp what's cast away.
King LearKL IV.vi.116Got 'tween the lawful sheets.got 'tweene the lawfull sheets.
King LearKL IV.vi.261Their papers is more lawful.Their Papers is more lawfull.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.283Our loving lawful and our faith not torn.Our louing lawfull, and our fayth not torne.
Measure for MeasureMM II.i.215lawful trade?lawfull trade?
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.112Are of two houses: lawful mercy isAre of two houses: lawfull mercie,
Measure for MeasureMM IV.ii.15mind, but yet I will be content to be a lawful hangman.minde, but yet I will bee content to be a lawfull hangman:
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.9And that no lawful means can carry meAnd that no lawful meanes can carrie me
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.vi.50And, in the lawful name of marrying,And in the lawfull name of marrying,
OthelloOth I.ii.51If it prove lawful prize, he's made for ever.If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer.
OthelloOth III.iii.140With meditations lawful?With meditations lawfull?
PericlesPer I.i.83Who, fingered to make man his lawful music,Who finger'd to make man his lawfull musicke,
Richard IIR2 III.iii.74Because we thought ourself thy lawful king.Because we thought our selfe thy lawfull King:
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.8Be it lawful that I invocate thy ghostBe it lawfull that I inuocate thy Ghost,
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.187What lawful quest have given their verdict upWhat lawfull Quest haue giuen their Verdict vp
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.202O, make them joyful, grant their lawful suit!O make them ioyfull, grant their lawfull suit.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.29Rest thy unrest on England's lawful earth,Rest thy vnrest on Englands lawfull earth,
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.ii.29this be not a lawful cause for me to leave his service,this be not a lawfull cause for me to leaue his seruice,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.301That is another's lawful promised love.That is anothers lawfull promist Loue.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.20To hurt by being just; it is as lawful,To hurt by being iust; it is as lawfull:
The Winter's TaleWT II.ii.11Th' access of gentle visitors! Is't lawful, pray you,Th' accesse of gentle visitors. Is't lawfull pray you
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.105You hear my spell is lawful. (To Leontes) Do not shun herYou heare my Spell is lawfull: doe not shun her,
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.111.1Lawful as eating.Lawfull as Eating.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.387 Cozening the pillow of a lawful kiss; Coosning the pillow of a lawfull kisse:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.529 For lawful policy remains enacted; For lawfull pollicie remaines enacted.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.938 Not spend the dowry of a lawful bed. Not spend the dowrie of a lawfull bed.
SonnetsSonn.35.11 And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence: And gainst my selfe a lawfull plea commence,
SonnetsSonn.49.12 To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: To guard the lawfull reasons on thy part,
SonnetsSonn.142.9 Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov'st those Be it lawfull I loue thee as thou lou'st those,

Glossary

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fairlegitimate, lawful, proper
lawfulexcusable, allowable, justifiable

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lawfulfair

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