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Search phrase: grass

Plays

28 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW IV.v.19	much skill in grass.	much skill in grace.
The Comedy of Errors	CE II.ii.210	'Tis true, she rides me, and I long for grass.	'Tis true she rides me, and I long for grasse.
Hamlet	Ham III.ii.351	Ay, sir, but ‘ while the grass grows ’ – the proverb	I, but while the grasse growes, the Prouerbe
Hamlet	Ham IV.v.31	At his head a grass-green turf,	At his head a grasse-greene Turfe,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.iv.302	Yea, and to tickle our noses with spear-grass,	Yea, and to tickle our Noses with Spear-grasse,
Henry V	H5 I.i.65	Grew like the summer grass, fastest by night,	Grew like the Summer Grasse, fastest by Night,
Henry V	H5 III.iii.13	With conscience wide as hell, mowing like grass	With Conscience wide as Hell, mowing like Grasse
Henry V	H5 IV.ii.48	Lies foul with chawed grass, still and motionless;	Lyes foule with chaw'd-grasse, still and motionlesse.
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.ii.337	Where biting cold would never let grass grow,	Where byting cold would neuer let grasse grow,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.ii.65	my palfrey go to grass. And when I am king, as king I	my Palfrey go to grasse: and when I am King, as King I
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.x.7	I climbed into this garden, to see if I can eat grass, or pick	I climb'd into this Garden, to see if I can eate Grasse, or picke
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.x.39	pray God I may never eat grass more.	pray God I may neuer eate grasse more.
King Edward III	E3 II.i.391	The sun that withers hay doth nourish grass:	The Sunne that withersheye goth nourish grasse,
King Edward III	E3 III.ii.16	Ay, so the grasshopper doth spend the time	I so the Grashopper doth spend the time,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.185	To tread a measure with her on this grass.	To tread a Measure with you on the grasse.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.187	To tread a measure with you on this grass.	To tread a Measure with you on this grasse.
The Merchant of Venice	MV I.i.18	Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind,	Plucking the grasse to know where sits the winde,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND I.i.211	Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass –	Decking with liquid pearle, the bladed grasse
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.ii.329	You minimus of hindering knot-grass made,	You minimus, of hindring knot-grasse made,
Richard II	R2 I.iii.289	The grass whereon thou treadest the presence strewed,
Richard II	R2 III.iii.50	Upon the grassy carpet of this plain.	Vpon the Grassie Carpet of this Plaine:
Richard II	R2 III.iii.100	Her pastor's grass with faithful English blood.	Her Pastors Grasse with faithfull English Blood.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.iv.63	The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers;	the Couer of the wings of Grashoppers,
The Tempest	Tem II.i.55	How lush and lusty the grass looks! How	How lush and lusty the grasse lookes? How
The Tempest	Tem IV.i.73	Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,	Here on this grasse-plot, in this very place
The Tempest	Tem IV.i.83	Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green?	Summond me hither, to this short gras'd Greene?
Timon of Athens	Tim IV.iii.424	We cannot live on grass, on berries, water,	We cannot liue on Grasse, on Berries, Water,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.iv.71	As flowers with frost, or grass beat down with storms.	As flowers with frost, or grasse beat downe with stormes:

Poems

5 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.395	Show'd like an April daisy on the grass,	Showed like an Aprill dazie on the grasse,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.236	Sweet bottom-grass and high delightful plain,	Sweet bottome grasse, and high delightfull plaine,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.473	For on the grass she lies as she were slain,	For on the grasse she lyes as she were slaine,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.1028	The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light;	The grasse stoops not, she treads on it so light,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.1055	No flower was nigh, no grass, herb, leaf or weed,	No floure was nigh, no grasse, hearb, leaf, or weed,

Glossary

8 result(s).

grass	graze, feed, eat pasture
green	greenery, grass, vegetation
green	grass-covered land, grassy mound
knot-grass	species of creeping weed
laund	clearing [in a wood], glade, grassy space
sedge	variety of grassy plant, rush
stover	fodder grass, hay, straw
turfy	turf-covered, grassy

Thesaurus

11 result(s).

fodder grass	stover
grass	green
grass, fodder	stover
grass-covered land	green
grassy	turfy
grassy mound	green
grassy space	laund
land, grass-covered	green
mound, grassy	green
plant, grassy	sedge
space, grassy	laund

Themes and Topics

1 result(s).

Plants

...eral meaning several species of long grassy plant growing in wet places v...
...h pain poison ugliness spear-grass 1h4 ii iv 302 ranunculaceae ranu...

Words Families

15 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
GRASS	BASIC	grass n, grassy adj
GRASS	APPEARANCE	grass-green adj, grass-green adj, short-grassed adj
GRASS	INSECT	grasshopper n
GRASS	PLACE	grass-plot n
GRASS	TYPE	bottom-grass n, knot-grass n, spear-grass n
GREEN	STATE	grass-green adj
KNOT	PART OF BODY	knot-grass n
PLOT [land]	TYPE	grass-plot n
SHORT	STATE	short-grassed adj
SPEAR	PLANT	spear-grass n

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