| 1H6 II.iii.11 | [Messenger to Countess] according as your ladyship desired |
| AYL V.iv.53 | [Touchstone to Duke Senior, of the Duke liking him] I desire you of the like |
| KL I.iv.243 | [Gonerill to Lear] Be then desired ... / A little to disquantity your train |
| LLL V.ii.145 | [Rosaline to Princess] But shall we dance if they desire us to't? |
| MND III.i.177 | [Bottom to Cobweb] I shall desire you of more acquaintance |
| MND III.i.183 | [Bottom to Peaseblossom] I shall desire you of more acquaintance |
| MV IV.i.313 | [Portia as Balthasar to Shylock] Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir'st |
| TC IV.v.157 | [Hector to Aeneas, of the Trojans] Desire them home [i.e. ask them to return home] |
| TC IV.v.48.2 | [Ulysses to Cressida, of a kiss] I do desire it |
| TN II.i.34 | [Sebastian to Antonio, of Antonio's request to be his servant] desire it not |