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Search phrase: portance

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Coriolanus	Cor II.iii.223	Th' apprehension of his present portance,	Th' apprehension of his present portance,
Cymbeline	Cym I.v.39	purpose as then each bore, upon importance of so	purpose, as then each bore, vpon importance of so
King John	KJ II.i.7	At our importance hither is he come	At our importance hether is he come,
Othello	Oth I.iii.138	And portance in my travels' history:	And portance in my Trauellours historie.
Richard II	R2 III.iv.32	Give some supportance to the bending twigs.	Giue some supportance to the bending twigges.
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.ii.10	And give me swift transportance to those fields	And giue me swift transportance to those fields,
Twelfth Night	TN III.iv.291	to be worth talking of. Therefore, draw for the supportance	to bee worth talking of: therefore draw for the supportance
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.361	The letter at Sir Toby's great importance,	The Letter, at sir Tobyes great importance,
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.181	For in an act of this importance 'twere	(For in an Acte of this importance, 'twere
The Winter's Tale	WT V.ii.18	th' importance were joy or sorrow: but in the extremity	th' importance were Ioy, or Sorrow; but in the extremitie

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article	importance, moment, significance
concern	be of importance, be of concern
consequence	importance, weighty matter
import	importance, significance, consequence
import	be of importance to, concern, matter to
importance	import, subject-matter
importance	urgent request, urging, encouragement
importancy	importance, significance
importantly	with matters of importance
importment	[unclear meaning] importance, significance
moment	importance, weight, consequence
nothing	insignificance, unimportance, triviality
pith	importance, weight, gravity
poise	weight, importance, gravity
poise	[Q variant] weight, importance, gravity
portance	behaviour, demeanour, bearing
price	value, worth, importance
quality	importance, special significance
self-assumption	self-importance, arrogance, egotism
skill	matter, make a difference, be of importance
stand	concern, be of importance to
supportance	support, propping up, reinforcement
transportance	transportation, conveyance

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...hou my charon / and give me swift transportance guardian of the underworld ferryman...

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