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Search phrase: sheet

Plays

 44 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC I.ii.42You think none but your sheets are privy to yourYou thinke none but your sheets are priuie to your
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.65Yea, like the stag when snow the pasture sheets,Yea, like the Stagge, when Snow the Pasture sheets,
CymbelineCym I.vii.133Live like Diana's priest, betwixt cold sheets,Liue like Diana's Priest, betwixt cold sheets,
CymbelineCym II.ii.16And whiter than the sheets! That I might touch!And whiter then the Sheetes: that I might touch,
HamletHam I.i.115The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead
HamletHam I.ii.157With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!With such dexterity to Incestuous sheets:
HamletHam V.i.93For and a shrouding sheet.for and a shrowding-Sheete:
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.162Will you have Doll Tearsheet meet you atWill you haue Doll Teare-sheet meet you at
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.ii.146Mistress Doll Tearsheet.M. Doll Teare-sheet.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.ii.160This Doll Tearsheet should be some road.This Doll Teare-sheet should be some Rode.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.11if thou canst find out Sneak's noise. Mistress Tearsheetif thou canst finde out Sneakes Noyse; Mistris Teare-sheet
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.22.1Enter Hostess and Doll TearsheetEnter Hostesse, and Dol.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.220canvass thee between a pair of sheets.canuas thee betweene a paire of Sheetes.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.380Mistress Tearsheet!Mistris Teare-sheet.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.382Bid Mistress Tearsheet come to my master.Bid Mistris Teare-sheet come to my Master.
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.1.1Enter Beadles dragging in Hostess Quickly and DollEnter Hostesse Quickly, Dol Teare-sheete,
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.1.2Tearsheetand Beadles
Henry VH5 II.i.74Doll Tearsheet she by name, and her espouse.Doll Teare-sheete, she by name, and her espouse.
Henry VH5 II.i.80Bardolph, put thy face between his sheets, and do theBardolfe, put thy face betweene his sheets, and do the
Henry VH5 II.iii.14the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon histhe Sheets, and play with Flowers, and smile vpon his
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.17.2sheet and verses written on her back and pinned on andSheet, and
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.105Madam, your penance done, throw off this sheet,Madame, your Penance done, / Throw off this Sheet,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.107My shame will not be shifted with my sheet.My shame will not be shifted with my Sheet:
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.174Look, on the sheets his hair, you see, is sticking;Looke on the sheets his haire (you see) is sticking,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.129Shall be my winding-sheet. Why faint you, lords?Shall be my Winding-sheet. Why faint you Lords?
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.114These arms of mine shall be thy winding-sheet;These armes of mine shall be thy winding sheet:
King LearKL III.ii.46Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder,Such sheets of Fire, such bursts of horrid Thunder,
King LearKL IV.vi.116Got 'tween the lawful sheets.got 'tweene the lawfull sheets.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.7As would be crammed up in a sheet of paper,As would be cram'd vp in a sheet of paper
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.134there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheetthere will she sit in her smocke, till she haue writ a sheet
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.136Now you talk of a sheet of paper, I remember Now you talke of a sheet of paper, I remember
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.140sheet?sheete.
OthelloOth I.iii.381And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheetsAnd it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets
OthelloOth II.iii.26Well, happiness to their sheets! Come, Lieutenant,Well: happinesse to their Sheetes. Come Lieutenant,
OthelloOth IV.ii.104Lay on my bed my wedding sheets, remember,Lay on my bed my wedding sheetes, remember,
OthelloOth IV.iii.21I have laid those sheets, you bade me, on the bed.I haue laid those Sheetes you bad me on the bed.
OthelloOth IV.iii.24.1In one of those same sheets.In one of these same Sheetes.
Romeo and JulietRJ V.iii.97Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet?Tybalt, ly'st thou there in thy bloudy sheet?
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.188This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.This way the Couerlet, another way the sheets:
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.44as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper – althoughas many Lyes, as will lye in thy sheete of paper, although
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.45the sheet were big enough for the bed of Ware in England,the sheete were bigge enough for the bedde of Ware in England,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.327The purity and whiteness of my sheets – the puritie and whitenesse of my Sheetes
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.5The white sheet bleaching on the hedge,The white sheete bleaching on the hedge,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.23My traffic is sheets; when the kite builds, look to lesserMy Trafficke is sheetes: when the Kite builds, looke to lesser

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.472 Who o'er the white sheet peers her whiter chin, Who ore the white sheet peers her whiter chin,
Venus and AdonisVen.398 Teaching the sheets a whiter hue than white, Teaching the sheets a whiter hew then white,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
canvasstoss about [as if in a canvas sheet], beat, thrash
cereclothwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
cerementswaxed shroud, grave-clothes, winding sheet
labeldocument, sheet of writing
searecloathwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
sheetedshrouded, wrapped in a winding-sheet
winding-sheetburial cloth, shroud

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
sheet of writinglabel
sheet, windingcerements
winding sheetcerements
winding-sheet, waxedcerecloth
winding-sheet, waxedsearecloath
winding-sheet, wrapped in a sheeted
wrapped in a winding-sheetsheeted
writing, sheet oflabel

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Words Families

 6 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHEETBASICsheet n, sheeted adj
SHEETPEOPLETearsheet n
SHEETTYPEwinding-sheet n
TEAR [rip]PEOPLETearsheet
WIND [turn]OBJECTwinding-sheet n

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