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Search phrase: user

Plays

 16 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.i.127Not rash like his accusers, and thus answered.Not rash like his Accusers, and thus answered.
CymbelineCym III.ii.2What monster's her accuser? Leonatus!What Monsters her accuse? Leonatus:
Henry VH5 III.iv.50et non pour les dames d'honneur d'user. Je ne& non pour le Dames de Honeur d' vser: Ie ne
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.iii.196My accuser is my prentice, and when I did correct himmy accuser is my Prentice, and when I did correct him
Henry VIIIH8 II.i.104Yet I am richer than my base accusersYet I am richer then my base Accusers,
Henry VIIIH8 V.i.120Yourself and your accusers, and to have heard youYour selfe, and your Accusers, and to haue heard you
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.46That, in this case of justice, my accusers,That in this case of Iustice, my Accusers,
King LearKL IV.vi.171To seal th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes,to seale th'accusers lips. Get thee glasse-eyes,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.293And abstinence engenders maladies.And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there?
MacbethMac II.iii.108Outrun the pauser reason. Here lay Duncan,Out-run the pawser, Reason. Here lay Duncan,
Much Ado About NothingMA IV.ii.33you must call forth the watch that are their accusers.you must call forth the watch that are their accusers.
OthelloOth I.ii.78For an abuser of the world, a practiserFor an abuser of the World, a practiser
Richard IIR2 I.i.17The accuser and the accused freely speak.Th'accuser, and the accused, freely speake;
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.117Is not the causer of the timeless deathsIs not the causer of the timelesse deaths
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.26The envious slanders of her false accusers;The enuious slanders of her false Accusers:
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.122Bettering thy loss makes the bad causer worse;Bett'ring thy losse, makes the bad causer worse,

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.17.4 Heart's denying, causer of this. Harts nenying, causer of this.
SonnetsSonn.9.12 And kept unused the user so destroys it. And kept vnvsde the vser so destroyes it:

Glossary

 9 result(s).
abuserbetrayer, deceiver, corrupter
appellantaccuser [of treason], challenger, denouncer
breechbreeches, trousers [representing the authority of the husband]
gaskinsloose-fitting trousers, wide breeches
John-a-dreamsdreamer, idle muser
manageremployer, user, handler
pauserprompting a pause, circumspect
slop, slopslarge loose breeches, baggy trousers
strosserstrousers

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
accuser of treasonappellant
idle muserJohn-a-dreams
muser, idleJohn-a-dreams
trousersgaskins
trousersstrossers
trousersbreech
trousersslop, slops
usermanager

Themes and Topics

 1 result(s).
French... non pour les dames d' honneur d' user   je ne voudrais prononcer ces mots...
... excusez (v ) h5 iii iv 25 excuser [you] excuse pardon fais (...
... h5 iii iv 53 un a an user (v ) h5 iii iv 50   use ...

Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ABUSEPEOPLEabuser n
ACCUSEPEOPLEaccuser n
CAUSEPEOPLEcauser n
PAUSEPEOPLEpauser n
USEPEOPLEuser n

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