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Search phrase: spectacle

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL II.i.44Did he not moralize this spectacle?Did he not moralize this spectacle?
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.160With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
CoriolanusCor II.i.198Are spectacled to see him. Your prattling nurseAre spectacled to see him. Your pratling Nurse
CoriolanusCor IV.i.25Heart-hardening spectacles. Tell these sad womenHeart-hardning spectacles. Tell these sad women,
CymbelineCym I.vii.37Partition make with spectacles so preciousPartition make with Spectales so pretious
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.41To be a public spectacle to all.To be a publique spectacle to all:
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.112And called them blind and dusky spectaclesAnd call'd them blinde and duskie Spectacles,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.i.146O, barbarous and bloody spectacle!O barbarous and bloudy spectacle,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.165And seek for sorrow with thy spectacles?And seeke for sorrow with thy Spectacles?
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.67The saddest spectacle that e'er I viewed.The saddest spectacle that ere I view'd.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.73O, piteous spectacle! O, bloody times!O pitteous spectacle! O bloody Times!
Julius CaesarJC III.i.223Or else were this a savage spectacle.Or else were this a sauage Spectacle:
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.199O piteous spectacle!O pitteous spectacle!
King JohnKJ IV.iii.56Exampled by this heinous spectacle.Exampled by this heynous spectacle.
King LearKL I.ii.36be nothing I shall not need spectacles.bee nothing, I shall not neede Spectacles.
Much Ado About NothingMA I.i.177I can see yet without spectacles, and I see noI can see yet without spectacles, and I see no
The TempestTem I.ii.26The direful spectacle of the wrack, which touchedThe direfull spectacle of the wracke which touch'd
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.13What a pair of spectacles is here! Let meWhat a paire of spectacles is here? let me

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.9.11 Deep in the thigh, a spectacle of ruth! Deepe in the thigh a spectacle of ruth,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.631 ‘ Think but how vile a spectacle it were Thinke but how vile a spectacle it were,

Glossary

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antic, antick(e), antiquebizarre dance, fantastic spectacle, grotesque entertainment
circumstancepageantry, ceremony, spectacle
glass eyesspectacles
hearingnews, report, spectacle
objectspectacle, sight, object of attention
pageantshow, scene, spectacle, tableau
showspectacle, display, ceremony
showplaceplace for public spectacles, theatrical arena
spectaclefit with spectacles, give glasses
spectaclething to be seen, sight
spectaclesinstruments of vision, eyes
spectacleseye-glasses

Thesaurus

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fantastic spectacleantic, antick(e), antique
place for public spectaclesshowplace
public spectacles, place forshowplace
spectaclecircumstance
spectacleobject
spectaclepageant
spectacleshow
spectaclehearing
spectacle, fantasticantic, antick(e), antique
spectaclesglass eyes
spectacles, fit withspectacle

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPECTACLEBASICspectacle n, spectacle v, spectacles n

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