| AYL III.i.3 | [Duke Frederick to Oliver] I should not seek an absent argument / Of my revenge, thou present |
| KL I.i.215 | [France to Lear, of Cordelia] she whom even but now was ... / The argument of your praise |
| LLL V.i.17 | [Holofernes to Nathaniel, of Armado] He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument |
| LLL V.ii.742 | [King to Princess] since love's argument was first on foot |
| MA II.iii.11 | [Benedick alone] I do much wonder that one man [will] ... become the argument of his own scorn |
| Mac II.iii.117 | [Malcolm to Donalbain] Why do we hold our tongues, / That most may claim this argument for ours? |
| MND III.ii.242 | [Helena to Hermia] If you have any pity ... / You would not make me such an argument |
| R2 I.i.12 | [John of Gaunt to King Richard, of Bolingbroke] As near as I could sift him on that argument |