or use Advanced Search
if you are searching for a compound word, note that it might appear in any of three ways, reflecting varied editorial practice: spaced ('house keeper'), solid ('housekeeper'), or hyphenated ('house-keeper')

Search results

Search phrase: illness

Plays

 6 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VH5 III.i.4As modest stillness and humility:As modest stillnesse, and humilitie:
Henry VH5 III.vii.22patient stillness while his rider mounts him. He ispatient stillnesse while his Rider mounts him: hee is
MacbethMac I.v.18The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highlyThe illnesse should attend it. What thou would'st highly,
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.90And do a wilful stillness entertainAnd do a wilfull stilnesse entertaine,
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.56Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the nightCreepe in our eares soft stilnes, and the night
OthelloOth II.iii.185The gravity and stillness of your youthThe grauitie, and stillnesse of your youth

Poems

 0 result(s).

Glossary

 9 result(s).
causedisease, illness, sickness
diseasemental illness, disturbance of mind
distempermalady, illness, derangement
evilmalady, illness, disease
green-sicknesstype of illness supposed to affect lovesick young women
illillness, malady, affliction
illnesswickedness, evil conduct, badness
infirmityindisposition, illness, malady
stillnessrestraint, sobriety, quietness of behaviour

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
illnesscause
illnessill
illnessinfirmity
illnessdistemper
illnessevil
illnessbedrid, bed-rid, bedred
illness, mentaldisease
mental illnessdisease

Themes and Topics

 0 result(s).

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ILLHEALTHillness n
ILLNESSBASICsee ILL
STILL [quiet]BASICstillness n

Snippets

 0 result(s).
x

Jump directly to