| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.28 | end of a dinner; but one that lies three thirds and uses a | end of a dinner, but on that lies three thirds, and vses a |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.12 | In Egypt sits at dinner, and will make | In Egypt sits at dinner, and will make |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.16 | for lack of a dinner, if there live anything in this desert. | For lacke of a dinner, / If there liue any thing in this Desert. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.93 | dinners and suppers and sleeping-hours excepted: it is | dinners, and suppers, and sleeping hours excepted: it is |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.166 | I must attend the Duke at dinner. By two | I must attend the Duke at dinner, by two |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.11 | Within this hour it will be dinner-time. | Within this houre it will be dinner time, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.62 | I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. | I pray you iest sir as you sit at dinner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.75 | Home to your house, the Phoenix, sir, to dinner. | Home to your house, the Phoenix sir, to dinner; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.89 | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner, | She that doth fast till you come home to dinner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.90 | And prays that you will hie you home to dinner. | And praies that you will hie you home to dinner. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.5 | And from the mart he's somewhere gone to dinner. | And from the Mart he's somewhere gone to dinner: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.60 | When I desired him to come home to dinner | When I desir'd him to come home to dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.62 | ‘ 'Tis dinner-time,’ quoth I. ‘ My gold,’ quoth he. | 'Tis dinner time, quoth I: my gold, quoth he: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.10 | Your mistress sent to have me home to dinner? | Your Mistresse sent to haue me home to dinner? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.18 | And toldest me of a mistress and a dinner, | And toldst me of a Mistresse, and a dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.56 | dinner-time? | dinner time? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.106 | that he spends in tiring. The other, that at dinner they | that he spends in trying: the other, that at dinner they |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.163 | She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner. | She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.196 | Dromio, go bid the servants spread for dinner. | Dromio, goe bid the seruants spred for dinner. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.197 | O for my beads! I cross me for a sinner. | Oh for my beads, I crosse me for a sinner. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.216 | Come, sir, to dinner. – Dromio, keep the gate. – | Come sir to dinner, Dromio keepe the gate: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.40 | Wherefore? For my dinner. I have not dined today. | Wherefore? for my dinner: I haue not din'd to day. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.95 | And let us to the Tiger all to dinner, | And let vs to the Tyger all to dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.114 | To her will we to dinner. (To Angelo) Get you home | To her will we to dinner, get you home |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.59 | Will you go with me? We'll mend our dinner here. | Will you goe with me, wee'll mend our dinner here? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.68 | Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner, | Giue me the ring of mine you had at dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.88 | Is a mad tale he told today at dinner | Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.218 | This woman locked me out this day from dinner. | This woman lock'd me out this day from dinner; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.224 | Our dinner done, and he not coming thither, | Our dinner done, and he not comming thither, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.416 | That kitchened me for you today at dinner. | That kitchin'd me for you to day at dinner: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.34 | speak with him till after dinner. | speake with him, till after dinner. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.53 | Profess myself the winner of her honour, | Professe my selfe the winner of her Honor, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.15 | Is yet to name the winner. Fare you well. | Is yet to name the winner. Fare you well. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.166.1 | To dinner presently. | To dinner presently. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.37 | Damned in the first beginners – 'gan to look | Damn'd in the first beginners) gan to looke |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.122 | breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but | breeder of Sinners? I am my selfe indifferent honest, but |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.145 | Winner and loser? | Winner and Looser. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.500 | That I will by tomorrow dinner-time | That I will by to morrow Dinner time, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.48 | I'll to dinner. | Ile to Dinner. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.195 | Have thirty miles to ride yet ere dinner-time. | Haue thirtie miles to ride yet ere dinner time. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.26 | manhoods – to buy a saddle, and he is indited to dinner | manhoods) to buy a saddle, and hee is indited to dinner |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.182 | dinner? | dinner? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.186 | go in with me to dinner. | go in with me to dinner. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.188 | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you, by my troth, Master | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you in good troth, Master |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.213 | boys!’ Come, let's to dinner; come, let's to dinner. | Boyes. Come, let's to Dinner; come, let's to Dinner: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.91 | Fear no colours. Go with me to dinner. Come, | Feare no colours, go with me to dinner: Come |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.110 | gentler gamester is the soonest winner. | gentler Gamester is the soonest winner. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.55 | Shall we go send them dinners, and fresh suits, | Shall we goe send them Dinners, and fresh Sutes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.70 | O Lord, have mercy on us, wretched sinners! | O Lord haue mercy on vs, wretched sinners. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.133 | Come, let us four to dinner. I dare say | Come, let vs foure to Dinner: I dare say, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.184 | Beshrew the winners, for they played me false! | Beshrew the winners, for they play'd me false, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.31 | Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. | Forbeare to iudge, for we are sinners all. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.289 | dinner worth the eating. | Dinner worth the eating. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.144 | Than thou wilt grace our inner house withal. | Then thou wilt grace our inner house withall, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.17 | Till after dinner none should interrupt him. | Till after dinner, none should interrupt him: |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.27 | To hold my very course. Prepare for dinner. | to hold my course; prepare for dinner. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.8 | Let me not stay a jot for dinner! Go, get it ready! | Let me not stay a iot for dinner, go get it ready: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.41 | worse after dinner. I will not part from thee yet. Dinner, | worse after dinner, I will not part from thee yet. Dinner |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.42 | ho, dinner! Where's my knave, my Fool? Go you and | ho, dinner, where's my knaue? my Foole? Go you and |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.3 | dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant | dinner haue beene sharpe & sententious: pleasant |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.265 | I pray you home to dinner with me. | I pray you home to dinner with me. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.33 | But as it were an after-dinner's sleep, | But as it were an after-dinners sleepe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.70 | We two will leave you; but at dinner-time | We two will leaue you, but at dinner time |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.104 | I'll end my exhortation after dinner. | Ile end my exhortation after dinner. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.105 | Well, we will leave you then till dinner-time. | Well, we will leaue you then till dinner time. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.44 | First, forward to the temple; after dinner | First forward to the temple, after dinner |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.43 | Go in, sirrah, bid them prepare for dinner. | goe in sirra, bid them prepare for dinner? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.46 | Then bid them prepare dinner. | then bid them prepare dinner. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.55 | meat, and we will come in to dinner. | meat, and we will come in to dinner. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.58 | dinner, sir, why, let it be as humours and conceits shall | dinner sir, why let it be as humors and conceits shall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.81 | I will anon. First let us go to dinner. | I will anone, first let vs goe to dinner? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.398 | Sir, I entreat you home with me to dinner. | Sir I intreat you with me home to dinner. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.8.1 | Your company at dinner. | Your company at dinner. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.181 | have a hot venison pasty to dinner. Come, gentlemen, I | haue a hot Venison pasty to dinner; Come gentlemen, I |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.242 | The dinner is on the table. My father desires your | The dinner is on the Table, my Father desires your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.250 | The dinner attends you, sir. | The dinner attends you, Sir. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.ii.10 | I pray you be gone. I will make an end of my dinner – | I pray you be gon: I will make an end of my dinner; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.146 | Have with you. – You'll come to dinner, | Haue with you: you'll come to dinner |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.73 | me to dinner. Besides your cheer, you shall have sport – | me to dinner: besides your cheere you shall haue sport, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.211 | Well, I promised you a dinner. Come, come, walk | Well, I promisd you a dinner: come, come, walk |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.21 | Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence! | Hence you long leg'd Spinners, hence: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.206 | My lord, will you walk? Dinner is ready. | My Lord, will you walke? dinner is ready. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.214 | dumb-show. Let us send her to call him in to dinner. | dumbe shew: let vs send her to call him into dinner. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.240 | dinner. | dinner. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.250 | come in to dinner ’ – there's a double meaning in that. ‘ I | come into dinner: there's a double meaning in that: I |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.58.1 | Tomorrow dinner then? | To morrow Dinner then? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.277 | Your dinner, and the generous islanders | Your dinner, and the generous Islanders |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.120 | Nay, like enough, for I stay dinner there. | Nay like enough, for I stay Dinner there. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.94 | Come, come, dispatch! The Duke would be at dinner. | Come, come, dispatch, the Duke would be at dinner: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.62 | Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs; | her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.137 | Romeo, will you come to your father's? We'll to dinner | Romeo will you come to your Fathers? Weele to dinner |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.77 | Go. I'll to dinner. Hie you to the cell. | Go Ile to dinner, hie you to the Cell. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.141 | Where are the vile beginners of this fray? | Where are the vile beginners of this Fray? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.111 | Like damned guilty deeds to sinners' minds! | Like damned guilty deedes to sinners minds, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.144 | tarry for the mourners, and stay dinner. | tarrie for the Mourners, and stay dinner. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.215 | I would I were as sure of a good dinner. | I would I were as sure of a good dinner. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.112 | And then to dinner. You are passing welcome, | And then to dinner: you are passing welcome, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.197 | Let us entreat you stay till after dinner. | Let vs intreat you stay till after dinner. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.218 | Gentlemen, forward to the bridal dinner. | Gentlemen, forward to the bridall dinner, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.184 | And well we may come there by dinner-time. | And well we may come there by dinner time. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.186 | And being a winner, God give you good night! | And being a winner, God giue you good night. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.101 | Made such a sinner of his memory | Made such a synner of his memorie |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.330.2 | I must eat my dinner. | I must eat my dinner: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.249 | Till I have thanked you. When dinner's done, | Till I haue thankt you: when dinners done |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.57 | Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, | Heere's that which is too weake to be a sinner, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.75 | a dinner of friends. | a dinner of Friends. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.17 | So soon as dinner's done, we'll forth again, | So soone as dinners done, wee'l forth againe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.46 | Your importunacy cease till after dinner, | Your importunacie cease, till after dinner, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.34 | dinner will not recompense this long stay. Feast your | dinner will not recompence this long stay: Feast your |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.337 | shouldst hazard thy life for thy dinner. Wert thou the | should'st hazard thy life for thy dinner. Wert thou |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.111.1 | An after-dinner's breath. | An after Dinners breath. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.32 | Well, I will be so much a sinner to be a double-dealer; | Well, I will be so much a sinner to be a double dealer: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.67.1 | Is't near dinner-time? | Is't neere dinner time? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.131 | Dinner is ready, and your father stays. | dinner is ready: and your father staies. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.27 | it was presently after dinner; when you looked sadly, it | it was presently after dinner: when you look'd sadly, it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.161 | muse you, sir? 'Tis dinner-time. | muse you sir, 'tis dinner time. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.137 | About his head he wears the winner's oak, | About his head he weares the winners oke, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.105.2 | Come, sweet, we'll go to dinner, | Come sweete wee'l goe to dinner |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.130 | Make hardly one the winner. – Wear the garland | Make hardly one the winner: weare the Girlond |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.131 | You precious winners all; your exultation | You precious winners all: your exultation |