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Search phrase: accident

Plays

 41 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xiv.84But accidents unpurposed. Draw, and come.But accidents vnpurpos'd. Draw, and come.
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.6Which shackles accidents and bolts up change;Which shackles accedents, and bolts vp change;
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.352Which accidentally are met together.Which accidentally are met together. 
CoriolanusCor IV.iii.34accidentally to encounter you. You have ended my business,accidentally to encounter you. You haue ended my Businesse,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.192Should answer solemn accidents. The matter?Should answer solemne Accidents. The matter?
CymbelineCym V.iv.99Be not with mortal accidents opprest,Be not with mortall accidents opprest,
CymbelineCym V.v.76Was yours by accident: had it gone with us,Was yours by accident: had it gone with vs,
CymbelineCym V.v.278It was my instant death. By accident,It was my instant death. By accident,
HamletHam III.i.30That he, as 'twere by accident, may hereThat he, as 'twere by accident, may there
HamletHam III.ii.209Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident.Greefe ioyes, Ioy greeues on slender accident.
HamletHam IV.vii.67.1And call it accident.And call it accident:
HamletHam IV.vii.120As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents.
HamletHam V.ii.376Of accidental judgements, casual slaughters,Of accidentall iudgements, casuall slaughters
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.205And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.1Dismay not, princes, at this accident,Dismay not (Princes) at this accident,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.4And give me signs of future accidents;And giue me signes of future accidents.
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.144If you give place to accidental evils.If you giue place to accidentall euils.
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.106And I must sing of doleful accidents.and I must sing of dolefull accidents,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.137letter to a sequent of the stranger Queen's, which accidentally,Letter to a sequent of the stranger Queenes: which accidentally,
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.152Thy sin's not accidental, but a trade.Thy sinn's not accidentall, but a Trade;
Measure for MeasureMM IV.iii.75O, 'tis an accident that heaven provides.Oh, 'tis an accident that heauen prouides:
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.278You shall not know by what strange accidentYou shall not know by what strange accident
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.67And think no more of this night's accidentsAnd thinke no more of this nights accidents,
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.166This is an accident of hourly proof,This is an accident of hourely proofe,
OthelloOth I.i.143This accident is not unlike my dream:This Accident is not vnlike my dreame,
OthelloOth I.iii.134Of moving accidents by flood and field,Of mouing Accidents by Flood and Field,
OthelloOth IV.i.269The shot of accident nor dart of chanceThe shot of Accident, nor dart of Chance
OthelloOth IV.ii.225here by some accident: wherein none can be so determinateheere by some accident. Wherein none can be so determinate,
OthelloOth V.i.94These bloody accidents must excuse my mannersThese bloody accidents must excuse my Manners,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.213But by some unlooked accident cut off!But by some vnlook'd accident cut off.
Romeo and JulietRJ V.ii.26Hath had no notice of these accidents.Hath had no notice of these accidents:
Romeo and JulietRJ V.iii.251Was stayed by accident and yesternightWas stay'd by accident; and yesternight
The TempestTem I.ii.178By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune,By accident most strange, bountifull Fortune
The TempestTem V.i.250These happened accidents. Till when, be cheerful,These happend accidents: till when, be cheerefull
The TempestTem V.i.306And the particular accidents gone byAnd the particular accidents, gon by
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.83Prizes of accident as oft as merit – Prizes of accident, as oft as merit:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.262Till accident or purpose bring you to't.Till accident, or purpose bring you too't.
Twelfth NightTN IV.iii.11Yet doth this accident and flood of fortuneYet doth this accident and flood of Fortune,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.19To think your father by some accidentTo thinke your Father, by some accident
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.535But as th' unthought-on accident is guiltyBut as th' vnthought-on accident is guiltie
The Winter's TaleWT V.i.92.1By need and accident. What train?By need, and accident. What Trayne?

Poems

 4 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.247 The accident which brought me to her eye, The accident which brought me to her eie,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.326 He takes for accidental things of trial; He takes for accidentall things of triall.
SonnetsSonn.115.5 But reckoning time, whose millioned accidents But reckening time, whose milliond accidents
SonnetsSonn.124.5 No, it was builded far from accident; No it was buylded far from accident,

Glossary

 10 result(s).
accidentoccurrence, event, happening
accidentchance, fortune, fate
accidentalhappening by chance, fortuitous
casualaccidental, subject to mischance
casuallyaccidentally, by mischance
hapluck, chance, accident
misadventuremisfortune, mishap, tragic accident
squanderingrandom, stray, accidental
unadvisedaccidentally, inadvertently, thoughtlessly
upcast[bowls] accident, chance; or: throw, pitch

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
accidenthap
accident [in bowls]upcast
accident, tragicmisadventure
accidentalcasual
accidentalsquandering
accidentallycasually
accidentallyunadvised
tragic accidentmisadventure

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 4 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ACCIDENTBASICaccidence n, accident n, accidental adj, accidentally adv

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