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Search phrase: spaniel

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xii.21That spanieled me at heels, to whom I gaveThat pannelled me at heeles, to whom I gaue
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.126To me you cannot reach. You play the spaniel,To me you cannot reach. You play the Spaniell,
Julius CaesarJC III.i.43Low-crooked curtsies and base spaniel fawning.Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning:
King LearKL III.vi.68Hound or spaniel, brach or lym,Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Hym:
MacbethMac III.i.92As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,As Hounds, and Greyhounds, Mungrels, Spaniels, Curres,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.203I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius,I am your spaniell, and Demetrius,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.205Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me,Vse me but as your spaniell; spurne me, strike me,
PericlesPer IV.vi.122undo a whole household, let me be gelded like a spaniel.vndoe a whole houshold, let me be gelded like a spaniel,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.136Where's my spaniel Troilus? Sirrah, get you hence,Where's my Spaniel Troilus? Sirra, get you hence,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.270water-spaniel – which is much in a bare Christian.Water-Spaniell, which is much in a bare Christian:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.ii.14Yet, spaniel-like, the more she spurns my loveYet (Spaniel-like) the more she spurnes my loue,

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Glossary

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spanielfawn upon, follow [like a spaniel]
spanielobsequious, slavish, submissive
spaniel-likefawningly, slavishly, like a tame dog

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Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... queen it no inch farther   spaniel ac iv xii 21 the hearts / that ...
... ac iv xii 21 the hearts / that spanieled me at heels   stranger* ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LIKE [similar]ANIMALspaniel-like adj
SPANIELBASICspaniel n, spaniel v, spaniel-like adj
SPANIELTYPEwater-spaniel n
WATERANIMALwater-spaniel n

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