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Search phrase: famish

Plays

 21 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.i.5famish?famish?
CoriolanusCor I.i.78cared for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their storehousescar'd for vs yet. Suffer vs to famish, and their Store-houses
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.20rogue, you filthy famished correctioner, if you be notRogue: you filthy famish'd Correctioner, if you be not
Henry VH5 III.v.57His soldiers sick, and famished in their march;His Souldiers sick, and famisht in their March:
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.ii.7Otherwhiles the famished English, like pale ghosts,Otherwhiles, the famisht English, like pale Ghosts,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.68For aught I see, this city must be famishedFor ought I see, this Citie must be famisht,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.iii.170Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost.Till Paris was besieg'd, famisht, and lost.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.2and yet am ready to famish! These five days have Iand yet am ready to famish. These fiue daies haue I
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.42Took odds to combat a poor famished man.Tooke oddes to combate a poore famisht man.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.32Or else you famish; that's a threefold death.Or else you famish, that's a three-fold Death.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.43So many fair against a famished few,So many faire against a famisht few,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ii.98present? Give him a halter! I am famished in his service;present, giue him a halter, I am famisht in his seruice.
PericlesPer I.iv.12Or can conceal his hunger till he famish?Or can conceale his hunger till hee famish?
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.330These famished beggars, weary of their lives,These famish'd Beggers, weary of their liues,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.3What, did he marry me to famish me?What, did he marrie me to famish me?
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.89Thou wast whelped a dog, and thou shalt famish aThou was't whelpt a Dogge, and thou shalt famish a
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.531But let the famished flesh slide from the boneBut let the famisht flesh slide from the Bone,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.154The whilst their own birds famish in their nests.The whil'st their owne birds famish in their nests:
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.178Set him breast-deep in earth and famish him;Set him brest deepe in earth, and famish him:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.46And scants us with a single famished kiss,And scants vs with a single famisht kisse,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.167.1Commends us to a famishing hope.Commends us to a famishing hope.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.47.3 When that mine eye is famished for a look, When that mine eye is famisht for a looke,
Venus and AdonisVen.20 But rather famish them amid their plenty, But rather famish them amid their plentie,

Glossary

 3 result(s).
emptyfamished, hungry, having an empty stomach
hungry-starveddying with hunger, famished
sharp[falconry] famished, hungry, starving

Thesaurus

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famishedsharp
famishedempty
famishedhungry-starved

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FAMINEBASICsee FAMISH
FAMISHBASICfamine n, famish v, famished adj, famishing adj

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