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Search phrase: staining

Plays

4 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW III.vii.7.1	In any staining act.	In any staining act.
King Lear	KL IV.iv.6	In our sustaining corn. (To soldiers) A century send forth;	In our sustaining Corne. A Centery send forth;
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.218	On their sustaining garments not a blemish,	On their sustaining garments not a blemish,
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.i.189	Did I not by th' abstaining of my joy,	Did I not by th'abstayning of my joy

Poems

3 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.130	Though weak-built hopes persuade him to abstaining.	Though weake-built hopes perswade him to abstaining
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1272	If thou dost weep for grief of my sustaining,	If thou dost weepe for griefe of my sustaining:
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1573	Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining:	Short time seems long, in sorrowes sharp sustayning,

Glossary

6 result(s).

holding	ability to maintain, power of sustaining
soilure	soiling, staining, defilement
staining	disgraceful, dishonourable, shameful
sustaining	life-supporting, nourishing
tainture	tainting, staining, defilement
undergoing	sustaining, resolute, of endurance

Thesaurus

4 result(s).

power of sustaining	holding
staining	tainture
staining	soilure
sustaining	undergoing

Themes and Topics

1 result(s).

Plants

...th the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ bur burr h5 v ii 52 ...
...th the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ darnel kl iv iv 5 ...
...th the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ dock h5 v ii 52 po...
...th the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ hebona ham i v 62 ...

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