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Search phrase: longing

Plays

 21 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.ii.42It is an honour 'longing to our house,It is an honour longing to our house,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.vi.48Longing for what it had not. Nay, the dustLonging for what it had not. Nay, the dust
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.393longing and liking, proud, fantastical, apish, shallow,longing, and liking, proud, fantastical, apish, shallow,
CymbelineCym II.iv.178Nice longing, slanders, mutability;Nice-longing, Slanders, Mutability;
CymbelineCym V.v.196Of hope, not longing, mine Italian brainOf hope, not longing; mine Italian braine,
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.32The many to them 'longing, have put offThe many to them longing, haue put off
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.81Than vainly longing. What we oft do best,Then vainly longing. What we oft doe best,
Measure for MeasureMM II.i.86Sir, she came in great with child, and longingSir, she came in great with childe: and longing
Measure for MeasureMM II.i.96and longing, as I said, for prunes, and havingand longing (as I said) for prewyns: and hauing
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.103That long I have been sick for, ere I'd yieldThat longing haue bin sicke for, ere I'ld yeeld
PericlesPer V.iii.83Lord Cerimon, we do our longing stayLord Cerimon wee doe our longing stay,
Timon of AthensTim I.i.256Sir, you have saved my longing, and I feedSir, you haue sau'd my longing, and I feed
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.237To see us here unarmed. I have a woman's longing,To see vs here vnarm'd: I haue a womans longing,
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.34More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,More longing, wauering, sooner lost and worne,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.vii.17By longing for that food so long a time.By longing for that food so long a time.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.vii.85To furnish me upon my longing journey.To furnish me vpon my longing iourney:
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.190Which breeds a deeper longing, cure their surfeitWhich breeds a deeper longing, cure their surfeit
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iii.26.2How his longingHow his longing
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.vi.246And all the longing maids that ever loved 'em,And all the longing Maides that ever lov'd,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.i.144Lies longing for me. For the tacklingLyes longing for me; For the Tackling
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.663.1I have a woman's longing.I haue a Womans Longing.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.6.4 A longing tarriance for Adonis made A longing tariance for Adonis made
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1698 Longing to hear the hateful foe bewrayed; Longing to heare the hatefull Foe bewraide.
SonnetsSonn.147.1 My love is as a fever, longing still MY loue is as a feauer longing still,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
appetitedesire, longing, inclination, fancy
drythirsty, parched, longing
impatientfrustrated, restless, eagerly longing
languishmentlonging, pain, grief [caused by love]
longingprompted by longing, full of yearning
sicklonging, pining, avid
wishfullonging, yearning, wistful

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
eagerly longingimpatient
longingappetite
longingwishful
longingdry
longingsick
longinglanguishment
longing eagerlyimpatient
longing, prompted bylonging

Themes and Topics

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Elision

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