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Search phrase: bough

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.32Till honour be bought up, and no sword wornTill honour be bought vp, and no sword worne
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.190He might have bought me at a common price.He might haue bought me at a common price.
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.219.1At market-price have bought.At Market price haue bought.
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.112Under the shade of melancholy boughs,Vnder the shade of melancholly boughes,
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.131But upon the fairest boughs,But vpon the fairest bowes,
As You Like ItAYL III.iv.14He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nunHee hath bought a paire of cast lips of Diana: a Nun
As You Like ItAYL III.v.107And he hath bought the cottage and the boundsAnd he hath bought the Cottage and the bounds
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.105Under an oak, whose boughs were mossed with ageVnder an old Oake, whose bows were moss'd with age
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.58I bought, and brought up to attend my sons.I bought, and brought vp to attend my sonnes.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.72It would make a man mad as a buck to be so bought and sold.It would make a man mad as a Bucke to be so bought and sold.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.i.89I have conveyed aboard, and I have boughtI haue conuei'd aboord, and I haue bought
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.8And showed me silks that he had bought for me,And show'd me Silkes that he had bought for me, 
CymbelineCym II.iv.128Is this: she hath bought the name of whore, thus dearly.Is this: she hath bought the name of Whore, thus deerly
CymbelineCym III.iii.61Whose boughs did bend with fruit. But in one night,Whose boughes did bend with fruit. But in one night,
CymbelineCym III.vii.20To have begged or bought what I have took: good troth,To haue begg'd, or bought, what I haue took: good troth
HamletHam IV.vii.140I bought an unction of a mountebank,I bought an Vnction of a Mountebanke
HamletHam IV.vii.172There on the pendent boughs her crownet weedsThere on the pendant boughes, her Coronet weeds
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.83of good names were to be bought. An old lord ofof good names were to be bought: an olde Lord of
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.44hast drunk me would have bought me lights as goodhast drunke me, would haue bought me Lights as good
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.66now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it. I bought younow you picke a quarrell, to beguile me of it: I bought you
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.22and they have bought out their services. And now myand they haue bought out their seruices: And now, my
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.31such have I to fill up the rooms of them as have boughtsuch haue I to fill vp the roomes of them that haue bought
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iii.7The Lord of Stafford dear today hath boughtThe Lord of Stafford deere to day hath bought
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iii.23A borrowed title hast thou bought too dear.A borrowed Title hast thou bought too deere.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.50I bought him in Paul's, and he'll buy me aI bought him in Paules, and hee'l buy mee a
Henry VH5 III.ii.19As bird doth sing on bough.as Bird doth sing on bough.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.150That for a trifle that was bought with blood!That for a trifle, that was bought with blood.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.iv.13Whither, my lord? From bought and sold Lord Talbot,Whether my Lord, from bought & sold L.Talbot,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vi.44On that advantage, bought with such a shame,On that aduantage, bought with such a shame,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.250With his new bride and England's dear-bought queen,With his new Bride, & Englands deere bought Queen,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.i.99Too true; and bought his climbing very dear.Too true, and bought his climbing very deare.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.iii.18Bring the strong poison that I bought of him.Bring the strong poyson that I bought of him.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.81For I have bought it with an hundred blows.For I haue bought it with an hundred blowes.
Henry VIIIH8 III.i.184She should have bought her dignities so dear.She should haue bought her Dignities so deere.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.61Go, and the next bough, soldier, that thou seest,Go, & the next bough, souldier, that thou seest,
King JohnKJ II.i.329Blood hath bought blood and blows have answered blows,Blood hath bought blood, and blowes haue answerd blowes:
King JohnKJ V.iv.10Fly, noble English, you are bought and sold.Fly Noble English, you are bought and sold,
Love's Labour's LostLLL II.i.15Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,Beauty is bought by iudgement of the eye,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.108you bought – and he ended the market.you bought, / And he ended the market.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.226Then cannot we be bought; and so adieu –Then cannot we be bought: and so adue,
MacbethMac I.vii.32He hath honoured me of late, and I have boughtHe hath Honour'd me of late, and I haue bought
MacbethMac V.iv.4Let every soldier hew him down a boughLet euery Souldier hew him downe a Bough,
MacbethMac V.vi.1.2and their Army, with boughsand their Army, with Boughes
MacbethMac V.vi.76So great a day as this is cheaply bought.So great a day as this is cheapely bought.
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.ii.69dumb-show? How oddly he is suited! I think he boughtdumbe show? how odly he is suited, I thinke he bought
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ii.158These things being bought and orderly bestowed,These things being bought and orderly bestowed
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.313Since you are dear bought, I will love you dear.Since you are deere bought, I will loue you deere.
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.93Because you bought them. Shall I say to you,Because you bought them. Shall I say to you,
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.100Is dearly bought, 'tis mine, and I will have it.Is deerely bought, 'tis mine, and I will haue it.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.192sight of her, not only bought many presents to give hersight of her: not only bought many presents to giue her,
OthelloOth I.iii.61By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks;By Spels, and Medicines, bought of Mountebanks;
PericlesPer I.i.99And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,And yet the end of all is bought thus deare,
PericlesPer IV.vi.195But since my master and mistress hath bought you,But since my master and mistris hath bought you,
Richard IIR2 III.iv.64We lop away that bearing boughs may live.We lop away, that bearing boughes may liue:
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.262Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass,Shine out faire Sunne, till I haue bought a glasse,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.290Having bought love with such a bloody spoil.Hauing bought loue, with such a bloody spoyle.
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.306For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.’For Dickon thy maister is bought and sold.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.26O I have bought the mansion of a love,O I haue bought the Mansion of a Loue,
The TempestTem V.i.94Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.Vnder the blossom that hangs on the Bow.
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.266Fell from their boughs, and left me open, bare,Fell from their boughes, and left me open, bare,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.77Cometh Andronicus, bound with laurel boughs,Commeth Andronicus bound with Lawrell bowes,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.198And yet dear too, because I bought mine own.And yet deere too, because I bought mine owne.
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.45art here but to thrash Trojans, and thou art bought andart heere but to thresh Troyans, and thou art bought and
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.3For youth is bought more oft than begged or borrowed.For youth is bought more oft, then begg'd, or borrow'd.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.29To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans;To be in loue; where scorne is bought with grones:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.34However, but a folly bought with wit,How euer: but a folly bought with wit,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.6Than her gold buttons on the boughs, or allThen hir gold Buttons on the bowes, or all
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.vi.243The straight young boughs that blush with thousand blossomsThe straight yong Bowes that blush with thousand Blossoms
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.113Save what is bought, and yet I purchase cheaply,Save what is bought, and yet I purchase cheapely,
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.133Will wing me to some withered bough, and thereWill wing me to some wither'd bough, and there

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1067 But thou shalt know thy interest was not bought But thou shalt know thy intrest was not bought
SonnetsSonn.73.3 Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Vpon those boughes which shake against the could,
SonnetsSonn.102.11 But that wild music burthens every bough But that wild musick burthens euery bow,
Venus and AdonisVen.37 The studded bridle on a ragged bough The studded bridle on a ragged bough,

Glossary

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boughsleaves, foliage
bought and soldpast form of 'buy and sell'
sliver[split piece of] branch, bough, limb

Thesaurus

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boughsliver

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BOUGHBASICbough n
BUYINTENSITYdear-bought adj
DEARCOST-RELATEDdear-bought adj

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