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Search phrase: brake

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.48Ne'er brake into extremity of rage.Ne're brake into extremity of rage. 
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.i.48Brake off our business for the Holy Land.Brake off our businesse for the Holy land.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.i.1Under this thick-grown brake we'll shroud ourselves;Vnder this thicke growne brake, wee'l shrowd our selues:
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.75'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake'Tis but the fate of Place, and the rough Brake
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.4hawthorn brake our tiring-house, and we will do it inhauthorne brake our tyring house, and we will do it in
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.69into that brake; and so everyone according to his cue.into that Brake, and so euery one according to his cue.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.101Thorough bog, thorough bush, thorough brake, thorough briar,Through bogge, through bush, through brake, through bryer,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.15Forsook his scene and entered in a brake,Forsooke his Scene, and entred in a brake,
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.41And even here brake off and came away.And euen here brake off, and came away.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.ii.1He has mistook the brake I meant, is goneHe has mistooke; the Beake I meant, is gone

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Venus and AdonisVen.469 And all amazed brake off his late intent, And all amaz'd, brake off his late intent,
Venus and AdonisVen.876 Hasting to feed her fawn hid in some brake. Hasting to feed her fawne, hid in some brake,
Venus and AdonisVen.913 Here kennelled in a brake she finds a hound, Here kenneld in a brake, she finds a hound,

Glossary

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brakebush, thicket
brakeentanglement, snare, restriction

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Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BRAKEBASICbrake n

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