| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.152 | the longer kept, the less worth. Off with't while 'tis | The longer kept, the lesse worth: Off with't while 'tis |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.264 | good; let it be concealed awhile. | good, let it be conceal'd awhile. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.66 | While shameful hate sleeps out the afternoon. | While shamefull hate sleepes out the afternoone. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.82 | While I was speaking, oft was fastened to't. | While I was speaking, oft was fasten'd too't: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.286 | Wherefore hast thou accused him all this while? | Wherefore hast thou accusde him al this while. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.112 | Is as our earing. Fare thee well awhile. | Is as our earing: fare thee well awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.43 | Our services awhile; but my full heart | Our Seruicles a-while: but my full heart |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.4 | Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays | Whiles we are sutors to their Throne, decayes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.108 | The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. | The while, Ile place you, then the Boy shall sing. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.75.2 | While he was yet in Rome, | While he was yet in Rome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.36 | His sword e'en like a dancer, while I struck | His sword e'ne like a dancer, while I strooke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.114 | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.43 | You have been nobly borne. – From me awhile. | You haue bin Nobly borne. From me awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.19 | I here importune death awhile, until | I heere importune death a-while, vntill |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.34 | while. | while. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.86 | That young swain that you saw here but erewhile, | That yong Swaine that you saw heere but erewhile, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.28 | Well, I'll end the song. – Sirs, cover the while: | Wel, Ile end the song. Sirs, couer the while, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.9 | be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. I | be comfortable, hold death a while / At the armes end: I |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.128 | Then but forbear your food a little while | Then but forbeare your food a little while: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.129 | Whiles, like a doe, I go to find my fawn | Whiles (like a Doe) I go to finde my Fawne, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.105 | Knowest thou the youth that spoke to me erewhile? | Knowst thou the youth that spoke to mee yerewhile? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.35 | been all this while? You a lover! An you serve me such | bin all this while? you a louer? and you serue me such |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.48 | Whiles the eye of man did woo me, | Whiles the eye of man did wooe me, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.55 | Whiles you chid me, I did love, | Whiles you chid me, I did loue, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.149 | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.5 | Patience once more, whiles our compact is urged. | Patience once more, whiles our cõpact is vrg'd: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.134 | Whiles a wedlock-hymn we sing, | Whiles a Wedlocke Hymne we sing, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.15 | While I go to the goldsmith's house, go thou | While I go to the Goldsmiths house, go thou |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.174 | My master preaches patience to him, and the while | My Mr preaches patience to him, and the while |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.205 | While she with harlots feasted in my house. | While she with Harlots feasted in my house. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.16 | us. If they would yield us but the superfluity while it | vs. If they would yeelde vs but the superfluitie while it |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.124 | Patience awhile, you'st hear the belly's answer. | Patience awhile; you'st heare the Bellies answer. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.4 | We shall be charged again. Whiles we have struck, | We shall be charg'd againe. Whiles we haue strooke |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.200 | While she chats him. The kitchen malkin pins | While she chats him: the Kitchin Malkin pinnes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.147 | Real necessities, and give way the while | Reall Necessities, and giue way the while |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.225 | Down with that sword! Tribunes, withdraw awhile. | Downe with that Sword, Tribunes withdraw a while. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.35 | With thee awhile. Determine on some course | With thee awhile: Determine on some course |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.51 | While I remain above the ground you shall | While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.215 | as we term it, his friends whilst he's in directitude. | (as we terme it) his Friends, whilest he's in Directitude. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.55 | Show duty as mistaken all this while | Shew duty as mistaken, all this while, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.136 | Is that you reconcile them, while the Volsces | Is that you reconcile them: While the Volces |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.49 | While sense can keep it on: And sweetest, fairest, | While sense can keepe it on: And sweetest, fairest, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.107 | Pray, walk awhile. | Pray walke a-while. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.1 | Whiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; | Whiles yet the dewe's on ground, / Gather those Flowers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.37 | Will stupefy and dull the sense awhile; | Will stupifie and dull the Sense a-while, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.67 | The thick sighs from him; whiles the jolly Briton – | The thicke sighes from him; whiles the iolly Britaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.134 | Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps, | Whiles he is vaulting variable Rampes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.130 | What shall I do the while? Where bide? How live? | What shall I do the while? Where bide? How liue? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.151 | I had rather thou shouldst live, while Nature will, | I had rather thou should'st liue, while Nature will, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.357.2 | Be pleased awhile; | Be pleas'd awhile; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.30.2 | Sit down awhile, | Sit downe a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.192 | Season your admiration for a while | Season your admiration for a while |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.238 | While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred. | While one with moderate hast might tell a hun-(dred. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.49 | Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine | Whilst like a puft and recklesse Libertine |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.96 | Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat | I, thou poore Ghost, while memory holds a seate |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.23 | As to expend your time with us awhile | As to expend your time with vs a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.106 | I have a daughter – have while she is mine – | I haue a daughter: haue, whil'st she is mine, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.114 | Good madam, stay awhile. I will be faithful. | Good Madam stay awhile, I will be faithfull. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.353 | controversy. There was, for a while, no money bid for | Controuersie. There was for a while, no mony bid for |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.364 | while my father lived give twenty, forty, fifty, a hundred | while my Father liued; giue twenty, forty, an hundred |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.524 | than their ill report while you live. | then their ill report while you liued. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.14 | awhile, but in the end accepts love | awhile, but in the end, accepts his loue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.235 | 'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here awhile. | 'Tis deepely sworne: / Sweet, leaue me heere a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.282 | For some must watch, while some must sleep. | For some must watch, while some must sleepe; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.351 | Ay, sir, but ‘ while the grass grows ’ – the proverb | I, but while the grasse growes, the Prouerbe |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.149 | Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, | Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.4 | Bestow this place on us a little while. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.59 | And let all sleep, while to my shame I see | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.176 | And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up; | And Mermaid-like, a while they bore her vp, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.168 | trade that 'a will keep out water a great while, and your | Trade, that he will keepe out water a great while. And your |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.213.1 | But soft, but soft awhile! | But soft, but soft, aside; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.218 | Couch we awhile, and mark. | Couch we a while, and mark. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.245 | Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile, | Depriu'd thee of. Hold off the earth a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.281 | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.273 | (trumpets the while) | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.341 | Absent thee from felicity awhile, | Absent thee from felicitie awhile, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.388 | Even while men's minds are wild, lest more mischance | Euen whiles mens mindes are wilde, / Lest more mischance |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.100 | And for this cause awhile we must neglect | And for this cause a-while we must neglect |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.193 | I know you all, and will awhile uphold | I know you all, and will a-while vphold |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.127 | What? Drunk with choler? Stay, and pause awhile, | What? drunke with choller? stay & pause awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.209 | Good cousin, give me audience for a while. | Good Cousin giue me audience for a-while, / And list to me. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.78 | our horses down the hill. We'll walk afoot awhile and | our Horses downe the hill: Wee'l walke a-foot a while, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.82 | Let them alone awhile, and then open the | Let them alone awhile, and then open the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.127 | of them is fat, and grows old. God help the while, a bad | of them is fat, and growes old, God helpe the while, a bad |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.58 | O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil! | Oh, while you liue, tell truth, and shame the Deuill. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.180 | Advantage feeds him fat while men delay. | Aduantage feedes him fat, while men delay. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.5 | that suddenly, while I am in some liking. I shall be out | that suddenly, while I am in some liking: I shall be out |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.76 | Made to my father while his blood was poor | Made to my Father, while his blood was poore, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.107 | Not so, Sir Walter. We'll withdraw awhile. | Not so, Sir Walter. / Wee'le with-draw a while: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.45 | awhile. Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I | awhile: Turke Gregory neuer did such deeds in Armes, as I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.9 | I speak of peace while covert enmity, | I speake of Peace, while couert Enmitie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.13 | Whiles the big year, swollen with some other grief, | Whil'st the bigge yeare, swolne with some other griefes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.20 | not racket there – as thou hast not done a great while, | not Racket there, as thou hast not done a great while, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.75 | have not lived all this while to have swaggering now. | haue not liu'd all this while, to haue swaggering now: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.63 | But rather show awhile like fearful war | But rather shew a while like fearefull Warre, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.49 | Whiles England shall have generation. | Whiles England shall haue generation. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.26 | Now, Falstaff, where have you been all this while? | Now Falstaffe, where haue you beene all this while? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.76 | Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, | Whiles I was busie for the Commonwealth, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.108 | Whiles his most mighty father on a hill | Whiles his most mightie Father on a Hill |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.178 | While that the armed hand doth fight abroad, | While that the Armed hand doth fight abroad, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.57 | Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing, | Whiles that his Mountaine Sire, on Mountaine standing |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.29 | Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command, | Whiles yet my Souldiers are in my Command, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.30 | Whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace | Whiles yet the coole and temperate Wind of Grace |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.39 | Whiles the mad mothers with their howls confused | Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.24 | Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people | Vpon our Houses Thatch, whiles a more frostie People |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.22 | patient stillness while his rider mounts him. He is | patient stillnesse while his Rider mounts him: hee is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.31 | I and my bosom must debate awhile, | I and my Bosome must debate a while, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.66 | And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks | And hold their Manhoods cheape, whiles any speakes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.94 | While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. | While the beast liu'd, was kill'd with hunting him. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.73 | For many of our princes – woe the while! – | For many of our Princes (woe the while) |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.46 | Doth root upon, while that the coulter rusts | Doth root vpon; while that the Culter rusts, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.151 | by the Lord, no – yet I love thee too. And while thou | by the L. No: yet I loue thee too. And while thou |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.7 | Otherwhiles the famished English, like pale ghosts, | Otherwhiles, the famisht English, like pale Ghosts, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.70 | Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile. | Stand back you Lords, and giue vs leaue a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.76 | Lo, whilst I waited on my tender lambs | Loe, whilest I wayted on my tender Lambes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.103 | And while I live, I'll ne'er fly from a man. | And while I liue, Ile ne're flye from a man. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.54 | That walked about me every minute while; | That walkt about me euery Minute while: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.91 | Thou shalt not die whiles – | Thou shalt not dye whiles---- |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.71 | Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood. | Whiles thy consuming Canker eates his falsehood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.106 | Let me persuade you to forbear awhile. | Let me perswade you to forbeare a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.5 | Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while | Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.3 | I have awhile given truce unto my wars | I haue a while giuen Truce vnto my Warres, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.29 | That thus we die while remiss traitors sleep. | That thus we dye, while remisse Traitors sleepe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.47 | Thus, while the vulture of sedition | Thus while the Vulture of sedition, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.52 | Henry the Fifth. Whiles they each other cross, | Henrie the fift: Whiles they each other crosse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.17 | And whiles the honourable captain there | And whiles the honourable Captaine there |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.24 | While he, renowned noble gentleman, | While he renowned Noble Gentleman |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.43 | I prithee give me leave to curse awhile. | I prethee giue me leaue to curse awhile. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.179 | While these do labour for their own preferment, | While these do labour for their owne preferment, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.202 | While they do tend the profit of the land. | While they do tend the profit of the Land. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.223 | While as the silly owner of the goods | While as the silly Owner of the goods |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.226 | While all is shared and all is borne away, | While all is shar'd, and all is borne away, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.229 | While his own lands are bargained for and sold. | While his owne Lands are bargain'd for, and sold: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.246 | Then, York, be still awhile till time do serve; | Then Yorke be still a-while, till time do serue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.62 | While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind. | While Gloster beares this base and humble minde. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.8 | Hume, that you be by her aloft, while we be busy below; | Hume, that you be by her aloft, while wee be busie below; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.28 | For whilst I think I am thy married wife, | For whilest I thinke I am thy married Wife, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.45 | As he stood by whilst I, his forlorn duchess, | As he stood by, whilest I, his forlorne Duchesse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.124 | Why, 'tis well known that, whiles I was Protector, | Why 'tis well known, that whiles I was Protector, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.320 | Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. | Whiles I take order for mine owne affaires. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.348 | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band, | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mightie Band, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.227 | Thou shalt be waking while I shed thy blood, | Thou shalt be waking, while I shed thy blood, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.347 | 'Tis but surmised whiles thou art standing by, | 'Tis but surmiz'd, whiles thou art standing by, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.8 | a sallet another while, which is not amiss to cool a man's | a Sallet another while, which is not amisse to coole a mans |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.40 | Nay, it shall ne'er be said, while England stands, | Nay, it shall nere be said, while England stands, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.30 | But I must make fair weather yet awhile, | But I must make faire weather yet a while, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.33 | That I have given no answer all this while; | That I haue giuen no answer all this while: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.50 | My heart is turned to stone, and while 'tis mine | My heart is turn'd to stone: and while 'tis mine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.2 | While we pursued the horsemen of the north, | While we pursu'd the Horsmen of ye North, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.173 | And thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livest. | And thou shalt reigne in quiet while thou liu'st. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.44 | While you are thus employed, what resteth more | While you are thus imploy'd, what resteth more? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.52 | I would prolong awhile the traitor's life. | I would prolong a while the Traytors Life: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.95 | Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on. | Hold you his hands, whilest I doe set it on. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.108 | And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead. | And whilest we breathe, take time to doe him dead. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.20 | Thou smiling while he knit his angry brows; | Thou smiling, while he knit his angry browes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.2 | I lay me down a little while to breathe; | I lay me downe a little while to breath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.5 | And, spite of spite, needs must I rest a while. | And spight of spight, needs must I rest a-while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.26 | Wailing our losses, whiles the foe doth rage; | Wayling our losses, whiles the Foe doth Rage, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.74 | Whiles lions war and battle for their dens, | Whiles Lyons Warre, and battaile for their Dennes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.2 | Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. | Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.72 | While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. | While we deuise fell Tortures for thy faults. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.27 | Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more. | Forbeare a-while, wee'l heare a little more. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.39 | The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; | The Tyger will be milde, whiles she doth mourne; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.48 | Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong, | Whiles Warwicke tels his Title, smooths the Wrong, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.80 | No, for we were subjects but while you were king. | No, for we were Subiects, but while you wer king |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.169 | And, whiles I live, t' account this world but hell, | And whiles I liue, t'account this World but Hell, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.182 | Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, | Why I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.3 | And birth that thou shouldst stand while Lewis doth sit. | And Birth, that thou should'st stand, while Lewis doth sit. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.5 | Must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve | Must strike her sayle, and learne a while to serue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.14 | And stops my tongue, while heart is drowned in cares. | And stops my tongue, while heart is drown'd in cares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.27 | While proud ambitious Edward Duke of York | While prowd ambitious Edward, Duke of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.39 | While we bethink a means to break it off. | While we bethinke a meanes to breake it off. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.76 | For though usurpers sway the rule awhile, | For though Vsurpers sway the rule a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.106 | No, Warwick, no; while life upholds this arm, | No Warwicke, no: while Life vpholds this Arme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.111 | While I use further conference with Warwick. | While I vse further conference with Warwicke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.168 | Smiles at her news, while Warwick frowns at his. | Smiles at her newes, while Warwicke frownes at his. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.14 | While he himself keeps in the cold field? | While he himselfe keepes in the cold field? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.58 | Now, for a while farewell, good Duke of York. | Now for a-while farewell good Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.34 | Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly; | Come therefore let vs flye, while we may flye, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.42 | While I myself will lead a private life | While I my selfe will lead a priuate Life, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.52 | While he enjoys the honour and his ease. | While he enioyes the Honor, and his ease. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.51 | Nay, stay, Sir John, a while, and we'll debate | Nay stay, Sir Iohn, a while, and wee'le debate |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.33 | Here at the palace I will rest a while. | Here at the Pallace will I rest a while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.43 | But whiles he thought to steal the single ten, | But whiles he thought to steale the single Ten, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.55 | Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off, | Shall, whiles thy Head is warme, and new cut off, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.35 | And with thy lips keep in my soul a while! | And with thy Lippes keepe in my Soule a while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.10 | Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock, | Whiles in his moane, the Ship splits on the Rock, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.29 | Say you can swim; alas, 'tis but a while! | Say you can swim, alas 'tis but a while: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.49.1 | Nor shall not while I have a stump. | Nor shall not while I haue a stumpe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.233 | Meanwhile must be an earnest motion | Meane while, must be an earnest motion |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.181 | While I shall have my life. Come, reverend fathers, | While I shall haue my life. Come reuerend Fathers, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.84 | Leave me awhile. | Leaue me a while. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.65 | A distance from her, while her grace sat down | A distance from her; while her Grace sate downe |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.66 | To rest awhile, some half an hour or so, | To rest a while, some halfe an houre, or so, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.137 | Whose minister you are, whiles here He lived | Whose Minister you are, whiles heere he liu'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.175 | Have more, or else unsay't; and now, while 'tis hot, | Haue more, or else vnsay't: and now, while 'tis hot, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.147.1 | Which ye shall never have while I live. | Which ye shall neuer haue while I liue. |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.12 | And say 'twill do, I know within a while | And say twill doe; I know within a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.208 | Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, | Whiles they behold a greater then themselues, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.82 | But woe the while! our fathers' minds are dead, | But woe the while, our Fathers mindes are dead, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.131 | Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste. | Stand close a while, for heere comes one in haste. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Hark, hark! one knocks, Portia, go in awhile; | Harke, harke, one knockes: Portia go in a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.290 | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay awhile; | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.150 | Will you be patient? will you stay awhile? | Will you be Patient? Will you stay a-while? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.190 | Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. | (Which all the while ran blood) great Casar fell. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.254 | Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile, | Canst thou hold vp thy heauie eyes a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.79 | And I will seek for Pindarus the while. | And I will seeke for Pindarus the while: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.28 | Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it. | Hold thou my Sword Hilts, whilest I runne on it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.32 | Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep; | Strato, thou hast bin all this while asleepe: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.48 | While I do run upon it. Wilt thou, Strato? | While I do run vpon it. Wilt thou Strato? |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.119 | A little while, my gracious sovereign, stay, | A little while my gratious soueraigne stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.161 | Entreat thy self to stay a while with me. | Intreat thy selfe to stay a while with mee. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.165 | It shall attend, while I attend on thee. – | Yt shall attend, while I attend on thee: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.92 | Begin. I will to contemplate the while. | Beginne I will to contemplat the while, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.105 | Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts. | Write on while I peruse her in my thoughts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.118 | So thou wilt hence a while and leave me here. | So thou wilt hence awhile and leaue me heere. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.200 | Brave warriors all, where are you all this while? | Braue warriours all, where are you all this while? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.14 | Lord Audley, whiles our son is in the chase, | Lord Audley, whiles our sonne is in the chase, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.42 | Muster about him; whilst he, lion-like, | Muster about him whilest he Lion like, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.121 | And wistly follow whiles the game's on foot. – | And wistlie follow whiles the games on foote. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.62 | Dispose our men in garrison a while. – | Dispose our men in garrison a while, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.175 | While we bewail our valiant son's decease. | While we bewaile our valiant sonnes decease. |
| King John | KJ I.i.230 | James Gurney, wilt thou give us leave a while? | Iames Gournie, wilt thou giue vs leaue a while? |
| King John | KJ II.i.87 | Whiles we, God's wrathful agent, do correct | Whiles we Gods wrathfull agent doe correct |
| King John | KJ II.i.332 | One must prove greatest; while they weigh so even, | One must proue greatest. While they weigh so euen, |
| King John | KJ II.i.379 | Be friends awhile, and both conjointly bend | Be friends a-while, and both conioyntly bend |
| King John | KJ II.i.416 | Hear us, great Kings! Vouchsafe a while to stay, | Heare vs great kings, vouchsafe awhile to stay |
| King John | KJ II.i.475 | Mark, how they whisper. Urge them while their souls | Marke how they whisper, vrge them while their soules |
| King John | KJ II.i.593 | Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | Well, whiles I am a begger, I will raile, |
| King John | KJ III.i.180 | That I have room with Rome to curse awhile! | That I haue roome with Rome to curse a while, |
| King John | KJ III.ii.4 | While Philip breathes. | While Philip breathes. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.132 | That whiles warm life plays in that infant's veins | That whiles warme life playes in that infants veines, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.125 | O, now you look like Hubert. All this while | O now you looke like Hubert. All this while |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.100 | Three foot of it doth hold – bad world the while! | Three foot of it doth hold; bad world the while: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.40 | Conferring them on younger strengths, while we | Conferring them on yonger strengths, while we |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.5 | Does not attend my taking. Whiles I may 'scape | Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.63 | Repose you there while I to this hard house – | Repose you there, while I to this hard house, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.80 | Now, good my lord, lie here and rest awhile. | Now good my Lord, lye heere, and rest awhile. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.52 | Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.51 | He's scarce awake. Let him alone awhile. | He's scarse awake, / Let him alone a while. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.254 | The gods defend her. Bear him hence awhile. | The Gods defend her, beare him hence awhile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.75 | To seek the light of truth, while truth the while | To seeke the light of truth, while truth the while |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.141 | While it doth study to have what it would, | While it doth study to haue what it would, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.33 | Haste, signify so much, while we attend, | Haste, signifie so much while we attend, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.98 | Else your memory is bad, going o'er it erewhile. | Else your memorie is bad, going ore it erewhile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.143 | word all this while. | word all this while. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.148 | But while 'tis spoke each turn away her face. | But while 'tis spoke, each turne away his face. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.909 | While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | While greasie Ione doth keele the pot. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.918 | While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | While greasie Ione doth keele the pot. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.5 | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came Missiues from |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.56 | I would, while it was smiling in my face | I would, while it was smyling in my Face, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.29.2 | Good repose the while. | Good repose the while. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.60 | Which now suits with it. – Whiles I threat, he lives: | Which now sutes with it. Whiles I threat, he liues: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.44.1 | While then, God be with you! | While then, God be with you. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.14 | She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice | Shee'le close, and be her selfe, whilest our poore Mallice |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.32 | Unsafe the while that we | Vnsafe the while, that wee |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.53 | While night's black agents to their preys do rouse. | Whiles Nights black Agents to their Prey's doe rowse. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.33 | That is not often vouched, while 'tis a-making, | That is not often vouch'd, while 'tis a making: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.129 | While you perform your antic round, | While you performe your Antique round: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.8 | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep. | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleepe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.41 | On mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes | On mine owne sword? whiles I see liues, the gashes |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.26 | Stay a little while. (To Isabella) Y'are welcome. What's your will? | Stay a little while: y'are welcome: what's your will? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.17 | (To Juliet) I have provided for you; stay a while | I haue prouided for you, stay a while |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.35 | Yet may he live a while; and it may be | Yet may he liue a while: and it may be |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.161 | stolen out of other affairs, but I will attend you a while. | stolen out of other affaires: but I will attend you a while. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.179 | me a while with the maid. My mind promises with my | me a while with the Maid, my minde promises with my |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.78 | And sent according to command, whiles I | And sent according to command, whiles I |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.255 | In any chastisement. I for a while | In any chastisement; I for a while |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.346 | Stay, sir, stay awhile. | Stay Sir, stay a while. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.103 | Come, good Lorenzo. Fare ye well awhile; | Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.126 | before. Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another | before; whiles wee shut the gate vpon one wooer, another |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.31 | To win thee, lady. But alas the while, | To win the Ladie. But alas, the while |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.180 | Nay more, while grace is saying hood mine eyes | Nay more, while grace is saying hood mine eyes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.3 | I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile. | I loose your companie; therefore forbeare a while, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.43 | Let music sound while he doth make his choice, | Let musicke sound while he doth make his choise, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.82 | Nay, let me praise you while I have a stomach. | Nay, let me praise you while I haue a stomacke? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.306 | Well, while I live I'll fear no other thing | Well, while I liue, Ile feare no other thing |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.87 | paper. (To Simple) Tarry you a little-a while. | paper: tarry you a littell-a-while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.73 | What? While you were there? | What? While you were there? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.74 | While I was there. | While I was there. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.78 | straight. Put on the gown the while. | straight: put on the gowne the while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.22 | While other jests are something rank on foot, | While other Iests are something ranke on foote, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.30 | While other sports are tasking of their minds, | While other sports are tasking of their mindes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.79 | But hark, a voice. Stay thou but here awhile, | But harke, a voyce: stay thou but here a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.150 | And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep; | And sing, while thou on pressed flowers dost sleepe: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.8 | While she was in her dull and sleeping hour, | While she was in her dull and sleeping hower, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.83 | Here therefore for a while I will remain. | Here therefore for a while I will remaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.274 | I am as fair now as I was erewhile. | I am as faire now, as I was ere while. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.374 | Whiles I in this affair do thee employ | Whiles I in this affaire do thee imply, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.436 | Steal me awhile from mine own company. | Steale me a while from mine owne companie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.2 | While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, | While I thy amiable cheekes doe coy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.79 | Silence awhile! Robin, take off this head. | Silence a while. Robin take off his head: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.150 | At large discourse while here they do remain. | At large discourse, while here they doe remaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.363 | Whilst the heavy ploughman snores | Whilest the heauy ploughman snores, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.416 | While these visions did appear. | While these visions did appeare. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.112 | Is it possible disdain should die while she hath | Is it possible Disdaine should die, while shee hath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.235 | God some scholar would conjure her; for certainly, while | God some scholler would coniure her, for certainely while |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.255 | Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I | Indeed my Lord, hee lent it me a while, and I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.203 | daughter; let it cool the while. I love Benedick well; and | daughter, let it coole the while, I loue Benedicke well, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.198.2 | Pause awhile, | Pause awhile: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.201 | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.217 | Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, | Whiles we enioy it; but being lack'd and lost, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.220 | Whiles it was ours. So will it fare with Claudio. | Whiles it was ours, so will it fare with Claudio: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.253 | Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while? | Lady Beatrice, haue you wept all this while? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.254 | Yea, and I will weep a while longer. | Yea, and I will weepe a while longer. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.233 | I have drunk poison whiles he uttered it. | I haue drunke poison whiles he vtter'd it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.66 | She died, my lord, but whiles her slander lived. | Shee died my Lord, but whiles her slander liu'd. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.193 | While I spare speech, which something now offends me, | While I spare speech which something now offends me. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.343 | As I do now. For whiles this honest fool | As I do now. For whiles this honest Foole |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.367 | Content thyself awhile. By th' mass, 'tis morning: | Content thy selfe, a-while. In troth 'tis Morning; |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.374 | Myself the while to draw the Moor apart, | my selfe, a while, to draw the Moor apart, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.246 | Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile, | Yet if you please, to him off a-while: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.58 | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.125 | For my free speech! You must awhile be patient. | For my free speech. You must awhile be patient: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.173 | I have this while with leaden thoughts been pressed: | I haue this while with leaden thoughts beene prest, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.56 | Do you withdraw yourself a little while: | Do you withdraw your selfe a little while, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.74.2 | Stand you awhile apart; | Stand you a while apart, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.87 | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come, | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come; |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.84.1 | But while I say one prayer! | But while I say one prayer. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.106 | Therefore, my lord, go travel for a while, | therfore my Lord, go trauell for a while, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.16 | That, if heaven slumber while their creatures want, | that if heauen slumber, while / Their creatures want, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.107 | Which welcome we'll accept, feast here awhile, | Which welcome wee'le accept, feast here awhile, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.53 | Yet pause awhile. | Yet pause awhile, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.68 | Upon the pillow. Hie thee, whiles I say | Vpon the Pillow; hie thee whiles I say |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.89.1 | Music plays while Cerimon attends to Thaisa | |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.17 | While summer days doth last. Ay me, poor maid, | while Sommer dayes doth last: Aye me poore maid, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.48 | I'll leave you, my sweet lady, for a while. | Ile leaue you my sweete Ladie, for a while, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.110 | Pray you, come hither awhile. You | Pray you come hither a while, you |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.34 | Whilst ours was blurted at, and held a malkin, | whilest ours was blurted at, and helde a Mawkin |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.21 | Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; | Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.48 | By Lady Fortune, while our scene must play | By Lady Fortune, while our Steare must play, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.112 | And bid his ears a little while be deaf | And bid his eares a little while be deafe, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.122 | While we return these dukes what we decree. | While we returne these Dukes what we decree. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.211 | I'll not be by the while. My liege, farewell. | Ile not be by the while: My Liege farewell, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.22 | Whilst you have fed upon my signories, | While you haue fed vpon my Seignories, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.44 | A while to work, and after, holiday. | A while to worke, and after holliday. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.34 | Whilst Bolingbroke through our security | Whilest Bullingbrooke through our securitie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.48 | Who all this while hath revelled in the night | Who all this while hath reuell'd in the Night, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.174 | For you have but mistook me all this while. | For you haue but mistooke me all this while: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.49 | Go signify as much while here we march | Goe signifie as much, while here we march |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.59 | The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain | The Rage be his, while on the Earth I raine |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.158 | For on my heart they tread now whilst I live, | For on my heart they tread now, whilest I liue; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.75 | And spit upon him whilst I say he lies, | And spit vpon him, whilest I say he Lyes, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.166 | Give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me | Giue Sorrow leaue a while, to tuture me |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.268 | Read o'er this paper while the glass doth come. | Read o're this Paper, while ye Glasse doth come. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.11 | Whilst all tongues cried ‘ God save thee, Bolingbroke!’ | While all tongues cride, God saue thee Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.60 | While I stand fooling here, his jack of the clock. | While I stand fooling heere, his iacke o'th' Clocke. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.3 | Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament | Whil'st I a-while obsequiously lament |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.32 | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henry's corse. | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henries Coarse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.252 | I do mistake my person all this while! | I do mistake my person all this while: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.60 | Cannot be quiet scarce a breathing while | Cannot be quiet scarse a breathing while, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.79 | Held in contempt, while great promotions | Held in contempt, while great Promotions |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.222 | Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou liv'st, | Thy Friends suspect for Traytors while thou liu'st, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.225 | Unless it be while some tormenting dream | Vnlesse it be while some tormenting Dreame |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.73 | Keeper, I pray thee, sit by me awhile. | Keeper, I prythee sit by me a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.120 | to hold me but while one tells twenty. | to hold me but while one tels twenty. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.8 | Ay, sir, it is too true. God help the while! | I sir, it is too true, God helpe the while. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.41 | Withdraw yourself awhile. I'll go with you. | Withdraw your selfe a while, Ile goe with you. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.10 | Here's a good world the while! Who is so gross | Here's a good World the while. / Who is so grosse, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.122 | Whiles, in the mildness of your sleepy thoughts, | Whiles in the mildnesse of your sleepie thoughts, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.121 | To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on! | To Brecnock, while my fearefull Head is on. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.116 | O thou well-skilled in curses, stay awhile | O thou well skill'd in Curses, stay a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.535 | Away towards Salisbury! While we reason here, | Away towards Salsbury, while we reason here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.4 | Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar. | I, While you liue, draw your necke out o'th Collar. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.27 | Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and | Me they shall feele while I am able to stand: And |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.113 | While we were interchanging thrusts and blows, | While we were enterchanging thrusts and blowes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.8 | This is the matter – Nurse, give leave awhile. | This is the matter: Nurse giue leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.52 | In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. | In bed a sleepe while they do dreame things true. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.15 | Cheerly, boys! Be brisk a while, and the longer liver | chearly Boyes, / Be brisk awhile, and the longer liuer |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.106 | Then move not while my prayer's effect I take. | Then moue not while my prayers effect I take: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.25 | I am aweary. Give me leave a while. | I am a weary, giue me leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.29 | Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay a while? | Iesu what hast? can you not stay a while? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.76 | Thou wilt be taken. – Stay awhile! – Stand up. | Thou wilt be taken, stay a while, stand vp: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.21 | What, with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. | What with a Torch? Muffle me night a while. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.216 | Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, | Seale vp the mouth of outrage for a while, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.300 | That whiles Verona by that name is known, | That whiles Verona by that name is knowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.29 | Only, good master, while we do admire | Onely (good master) while we do admire |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.46 | But stay awhile, what company is this? | But stay a while, what companie is this? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.147 | But see, while idly I stood looking on, | But see, while idely I stood looking on, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.231 | While I make way from hence to save my life. | While I make way from hence to saue my life: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.1 | Verona, for a while I take my leave, | Verona, for a while I take my leaue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.106 | I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts. | I pray you Sir let him go while the humor lasts. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.140 | Petruchio, stand by a while. | Petruchio stand by a while. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.20 | You have but jested with me all this while. | You haue but iested with me all this while: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.155 | And there I stood amazed for a while, | And there I stood amazed for a while, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.157 | While she did call me rascal fiddler | While she did call me Rascall, Fidler, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.14 | And while I pause serve in your harmony. | And while I pause, serue in your harmony. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.22 | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles – | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.57 | You may go walk, and give me leave a while. | You may go walk, and giue me leaue a while, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.210 | You may be jogging whiles your boots are green. | You may be iogging whiles your bootes are greene: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.10 | While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart. | While you sweet deere ptoue Mistresse of my heart. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.6 | I marvel Cambio comes not all this while. | I maruaile Cambio comes not all this while. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.60 | I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, | I am vndone: while I plaie the good husband at home, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.106 | While counterfeit supposes bleared thine eyne. | While counterfeit supposes bleer'd thine eine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.114 | While he did bear my countenance in the town, | While he did beare my countenance in the towne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.5 | While I with selfsame kindness welcome thine. | While I with selfesame kindnesse welcome thine: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.143 | And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty | And while it is so, none so dry or thirstie |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.343 | In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me | In this hard Rocke, whiles you doe keepe from me |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.200 | Will guard your person while you take your rest, | will guard your person, / While you take your rest, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.221.1 | Whiles thou art waking. | Whiles thou art waking. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.229 | Whiles thus you mock it! How, in stripping it, | Whiles thus you mocke it: how in stripping it |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.289 | Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, | Can lay to bed for euer: whiles you doing thus, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.305 | While you here do snoring lie, | While you here do snoaring lie, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.315 | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.61 | and it shall be said so again, while Stephano breathes at | and it shall be said so againe, while Stephano breathes at' |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.24 | I'll bear your logs the while. Pray, give me that. | Ile beare your Logges the while: pray giue me that, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.28.1 | While I sit lazy by. | While I sit lazy by. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.113 | but, while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. | But while thou liu'st keepe a good tongue in thy head. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.119 | You taught me but while-ere? | You taught me but whileare? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.92 | And in these fits I leave them while I visit | And in these fits, I leaue them, while I visit |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.242 | for't. Wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of | for't: / Wit shall not goe vn-rewarded while I am King of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.108 | While they have told their money and let out | While they haue told their Money, and let out |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.35 | ears with the music awhile, if they will fare so harshly | eares with the Musicke awhile: If they will fare so harshly |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.177 | While you have throats to answer. For myself, | While you haue throats to answer. For my selfe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.411 | Meanwhile I am possessed of that is mine. | Meanewhile I am possest of that is mine. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.43 | Meanwhile, sir, with the little skill I have, | Meanewhile sir, with the little skill I haue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.27 | Whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds | Whiles Hounds and Hornes, and sweet Melodious Birds |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.197 | Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile. | Well could I leaue our sport to sleepe a while. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.31 | But let her rest in her unrest awhile. | But let her rest, in her vnrest awhile. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.104.2 | Meanwhile, here's money for thy charges. | meanewhile her's money for thy charges. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.138 | Whiles I go tell my lord the Emperor | Whiles I goe tell my Lord the Emperour, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.181 | Whiles that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold | Whil'st that Lauinia tweene her stumps doth hold: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.94 | While I stand by and weep to hear him speak. | Your hearts will throb and weepe to heare him speake. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.148 | But, gentle people, give me aim awhile, | But gentle people, giue me ayme a-while, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.169 | So let it now; for it has been a great while | So let it now, / For is has beene a grcat while |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.122 | O ho, a while, but ha, ha, ha! | O ho a while, but ha ha ha, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.133 | While some men leave to do! | While some men leaue to doe! |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.135 | Whiles others play the idiots in her eyes! | Whiles others play the Ideots in her eyes: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.137 | While pride is fasting in his wantonness! | While pride is feasting in his wantonnesse |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.102 | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.55 | A guard of patience; stay a little while. | A guard of patience; stay a little while. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.12 | Stand you awhile aloof. (To Viola) Cesario, | Stand you a-while aloofe. Cesario, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.14 | Seek him out, and play the tune the while. | Seeke him out, and play the tune the while. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.58 | make out for him. I frown the while, and perchance | make out for him: I frowne the while, and perchance |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.7 | Did she see thee the while, old boy, tell me | Did she see the while, old boy, tell me |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.42 | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.195 | I will meditate the while upon some horrid | I wil meditate the while vpon some horrid |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.29 | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note; | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.88 | While one would wink; denied me mine own purse | While one would winke: denide me mine owne purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.383 | For so you shall be, while you are a man. | (For so you shall be while you are a man:) |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.402 | A great while ago the world began, | A great while ago the world begon, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.75 | An if the shepherd be a while away. | And if the Shepheard be awhile away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.6 | While other men, of slender reputation, | While other men, of slender reputation |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.29 | makes. Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear, nor | makes: now the dogge all this while sheds not a teare: nor |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.78 | And here he means to spend his time awhile. | And heere he meanes to spend his time a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.1 | Sir Thurio, give us leave, I pray, awhile; | Sir Thurio, giue vs leaue (I pray) a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.23 | Which to requite, command me while I live. | Which to requite, command me while I liue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.58 | Nay then, no matter; stay with me awhile; | Nay then no matter: stay with me a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.145 | While I, their king, that thither them importune, | While I (their King) that thither them importune |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.25 | Let's tune, and to it lustily awhile. | Let's tune: and too it lustily a while. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.18 | been there, bless the mark, a pissing while but all the | bin there (blesse the marke) a pissing while, but all the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.27 | Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile. | Loue, lend me patience to forbeare a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.1 | I may depart with little while I live; something | I may depart with little, while I live, some thing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.279 | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.55 | While I have horses. (To Arcite) Take your choice, and what | While I have horses: take your choice, and what |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.70.2 | I awhile. | I a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.97 | Thou art a right good man, and while I live | Thou art a right good man, and while I live, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.3 | I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile, | I am cruell fearefull: pray yet stay a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.9.2 | Stay your thanks a while, | Stay your Thanks a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.108.1 | Th' other for some while a friend. | Th' other, for some while a Friend. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.193 | Now, while I speak this, holds his wife by th' arm, | Now, while I speake this) holds his Wife by th' Arme, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.197 | Whiles other men have gates, and those gates opened, | Whiles other men haue Gates, and those Gates open'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.204 | A just and open trial. While she lives | A iust and open Triall. While she liues, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.170.2 | Woe the while! | Woe the while: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.12 | While we lie tumbling in the hay. | While we lye tumbling in the hay. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.48 | That you behold the while. Your guests are coming: | That you behold the while. Your guests are comming: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.388.2 | Soft, swain, awhile, beseech you. | Soft Swaine a-while, beseech you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.6.2 | Whilst I remember | Whilest I remember |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.168 | Purge all infection from our air whilst you | Purge all Infection from our Ayre, whilest you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.188 | Whiles he was hast'ning – in the chase, it seems, | Whiles he was hastning (in the Chase, it seemes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.118 | Though yet she speak not. Mark a little while. | Though yet she speake not. Marke a little while: |