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Search phrase: web

Plays

 20 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.70The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, goodThe webbe of our life, is of a mingled yarne, good
Henry VH5 V.i.19To have me fold up Parca's fatal web?to haue me fold vp Parcas fatall Web?
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.63Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note,Out of his Selfe-drawing Web. O giues vs note,
King LearKL III.iv.111at curfew and walks till the first cock. He gives the webat Curfew, and walkes at first Cocke: Hee giues the Web
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.123Faster than gnats in cobwebs. But her eyes,Faster then gnats in cobwebs: but her eies,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.153Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed!Enter Pease-blossome, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseede,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.176Cobweb.Cobweb.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.178Master Cobweb – if I cut my finger I shall make boldMaster Cobweb: if I cut my finger, I shall make bold
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.8Monsieur Cobweb?Mounsieuer Cobweb.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.10Monsieur Cobweb, good Monsieur, get you yourMounsieur Cobweb, good Mounsier get your
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.23Cobweb to scratch. I must to the barber's, Monsieur,Cobweb to scratch. I must to the Barbers Mounsieur,
OthelloOth II.i.165whisper. With as little a web as this will I ensnare aswhisper. With as little a web as this, will I ensnare as
OthelloOth III.iv.69'Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.'Tis true: There's Magicke in the web of it:
PericlesPer IV.vi.137nobleman, and she sent him away as cold as a snowball,Noble man, and shee sent him away as colde as a Snoweball,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.242Whose deadly web ensnareth thee about?Whose deadly Web ensnareth thee about?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.64Her traces, of the smallest spider web;her Traces of the smallest Spiders web,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.16the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft. And is he a man tothe blind Bowe-boyes but-shaft, and is he a man to
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.41trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept, the servingmentrim'd, rushes strew'd, cobwebs swept, the seruingmen
Troilus and CressidaTC II.iii.17cutting the web. After this, the vengeance on the wholecutting the web: after this, the vengeance on the whole
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.291Blind with the pin and web but theirs, theirs only,Blind with the Pin and Web, but theirs; theirs onely,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.95 Whose bare out-bragged the web it seemed to wear. Whose bare out-brag'd the web it seem'd to were.
Venus and AdonisVen.991 Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought: Now she vnweaues the web that she hath wrought,

Glossary

 3 result(s).
gossamerfine thread of a spider's web
web and the pindisease of the eye, cataract
woofcross-threads in a web; web

Thesaurus

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fine thread of a webgossamer
thread of a webgossamer
web, fine thread of agossamer

Themes and Topics

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Address forms...benedick [lord to lord] bottom to cobweb [queen&rsquo s consort to fairy attenda...
Classical mythology... to have me fold up parca&rsquo s fatal web originally a roman birth-goddess ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
COBWEBBASICcobweb n
WEBBASICweb n, cobweb n
WEBBEINGSCobweb n

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