| 1H4 III.iii.202 | [Falstaff alone] Rare words! |
| 1H6 II.iii.10 | [Countess alone, of Talbot] Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears, / To give their censure of these rare reports |
| 1H6 V.v.1 | [King to Suffolk] Your wondrous rare description |
| AC II.ii.210.2 | [Agrippa to Enobarbus] O, rare for Antony! |
| AC II.ii.223.2 | [Agrippa to Enobarbus, of Cleopatra] Rare Egyptian! |
| AYL V.iv.101 | [Jaques to Duke Senior, of Touchstone] Is not this a rare fellow |
| Cor IV.v.165 | [Second Servingman to First Servingman, of Coriolanus] He is simply the rarest man i'th' world |
| Cym I.i.47 | [First Gentleman to Second Gentleman, of living in court] Which rare it is to do |
| Cym I.v.58 | [Frenchman to Iachimo, of a woman] less attemptable than any the rarest of our ladies in France |
| H8 I.ii.111 | [King Henry to Queen Katherine, of Buckingham] a most rare speaker |
| H8 II.iv.137 | [King Henry as if to Queen Katherine] thy rare qualities |
| LC.235 | [of a nun] Whose rarest havings made the blossoms dote |
| LLL V.ii.680 | [Dumaine to all] Most rare Pompey! |
| MA I.i.130 | [Benedick to Beatrice] you are a rare parrot-teacher |
| MA III.i.91 | [Ursula to Hero, of Benedick] So rare a gentleman |
| MA V.i.239 | [Claudio as if to Hero] thy image doth appear / In the rare semblance that I loved it first |
| MV II.ii.101 | [Launcelot to Gobbo, of Bassanio] who indeed gives rare new liveries |
| MV II.ii.103 | [Launcelot to Gobbo, of Bassanio] O rare fortune, here comes the man! |
| Per V.i.161 | [Pericles to Marina] This is the rarest dream |
| Per V.i.231.1 | [Pericles to all] Rarest sounds! |
| Sonn.56.14 | [] winter, which being full of care, / Makes summer's welcome, thrice more wished, more rare |
| Tem II.i.101 | [Antonio to Sebastian, of Alonso's daughter in Tunis] the rarest that e'er came there |
| Tem III.i.75 | [Prospero to himself, of Ferdinand and Miranda] Fair encounter / Of two most rare affections |
| TG V.iv.162 | [Duke to Valentine] we will include all jars / With ... rare solemnity |
| TN III.i.83 | [Sir Andrew to himself, of Viola as Cesario] That youth's a rare courtier |
| TN III.ii.54 | [Fabian to Sir Toby, of Sir Andrew] We shall have a rare letter from him |
| TNK III.v.16 | [Schoolmaster to all, of the Duke] And then cries 'Rare!' |
| TNK III.v.76 | [Third Countryman to all, of the Gaoler's Daughter] she'll do the rarest gambols |
| WT III.i.13 | [Dion to Cleomenes, of their journey to the oracle] rare, pleasant, speedy |
| WT III.i.20 | [Dion to Cleomenes] When the oracle ... / Shall the contents discover, something rare / Even then will rush to knowledge |
| WT V.i.112.1 | [Gentleman to Paulina, of Perdita] she is / The rarest of all women |