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Search phrase: fighting

Plays

 18 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC III.vii.66.1And fighting foot to foot.And fighting foot to foot.
CoriolanusCor III.i.223There's some among you have beheld me fighting;There's some among you haue beheld me fighting,
CymbelineCym II.i.20every Jack-slave hath his bellyful of fighting, and Ieuery Iacke-Slaue hath his belly full of Fighting, and I
CymbelineCym IV.ii.100Exeunt, fightingFight and Exeunt.
HamletHam III.iv.114O, step between her and her fighting soul!O step betweene her, and her fighting Soule,
HamletHam V.ii.4Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fightingSir, in my heart there was a kinde of fighting,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.227wilt thou leave fighting a-days, and foining a-nights,wilt thou leaue fighting on dayes, and foyning on nights,
Henry VH5 IV.iii.3Of fighting men they have full threescore thousand.Of fighting men they haue full threescore thousand.
Henry VH5 IV.vi.5I saw him down; thrice up again, and fighting.I saw him downe; thrice vp againe, and fighting,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.37With full a hundred thousand fighting menWith full a hundred thousand fighting men,
MacbethMac V.vi.73Exeunt fightingExeunt fighting.
MacbethMac V.vi.73.1Alarums. Enter fighting, and Macbeth slainAlarums. Enter Fighting, and Macbeth slaine.
Richard IIR2 III.ii.70And thou shalt have twelve thousand fighting men.And thou shalt haue twelue thousand fighting men:
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.107And yours, close fighting ere I did approach.And yours close fighting ere I did approach,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iv.25Exeunt Troilus and Diomedes, fighting
Troilus and CressidaTC V.vi.11Exeunt, fightingExit Troylus.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.vii.9.1Enter Menelaus and Paris, fighting; then ThersitesEnter Thersites, Menelaus, and Paris.
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.62fighting. Hark you now: would any but these boiledfighting, hearke you now: would any but these boylde-

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.203 Encamped in hearts but fighting outwardly. Encampt in hearts but fighting outwardly.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.428 And they like straggling slaves for pillage fighting, And they like stragling slaues for pillage fighting,
Venus and AdonisVen.345 To note the fighting conflict of her hue, To note the fighting conflict of her hew,

Glossary

 22 result(s).
actionengagement, combat, fighting
alarm, alarumcall to arms, call to battle, signal to begin fighting
battlearmy, fighting force, battalion
broilturmoil, confused fighting, battle
craven[cock-fighting] cock that shows no fighting spirit
diedie fighting, challenge in mortal combat
doughty-handedvaliant in fighting, formidable in combat
earat odds, fighting like beasts
excursionsortie, sally, bout of fighting
fleshedblooded, initiated into fighting
havoc[in fighting and hunting: calling for] total slaughter, general devastation
headfighting force, army, body of troops
inhooped[cock-fighting] kept within a hoop [to make birds fight]
man-of-armssoldier, fighting man
outout in the field, away fighting
questionfighting, conflict, altercation
rageviolence, fighting, conflict
rangebattle line, fighting position
repugnancyresistance, fighting back, opposition
Rhesus[pron: 'reesus] Thracian hero, famed for his horses; after fighting for one day in the Trojan War, Ulysses and Diomedes killed him in his tent at night, and stole the horses
scamblingscuffling, struggling, fighting
strikefight, engage in fighting

Thesaurus

 38 result(s).
away fightingout
beasts, fighting likeear
bout of fightingcourse
bout of fightingexcursion
cock that shows no fighting spiritcraven
cock-fightingcraven
die fightingdie
engage in fightingstrike
engagement [fighting]action
engagement [fighting]close
engagement [fighting]course
engagement [fighting]encounter
fightingaction
fightingquestion
fightingrage
fightingscambling
fighting backrepugnancy
fighting forcebattle
fighting forcehead
fighting like beastsear
fighting manman-of-arms
fighting positionrange
fighting, awayout
fighting, bout ofexcursion
fighting, confusedbroil
fighting, diedie
fighting, initiated intofleshed
fighting, signal to begin alarm, alarum
fighting, valiant indoughty-handed
hoop, kept within a [in cock-fighting]inhooped
kept within a hoop [in cock-fighting]inhooped
position, fightingrange
round [in fighting]bout
shoot [fighting]carry
shoot [fighting]drive
shoot [fighting]give
signal to begin fightingalarm, alarum
valiant in fightingdoughty-handed

Themes and Topics

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Body-armour ... face-guard normally lifted except when fighting burgonet ac i v 24 light helmet f...
Stage directions...excursion in an 2h6 v ii 72 a bout of fighting across the stage music ite...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...o more 1h6 iii i 106 [gloucester to his fighting servants] let me persuade you to forbear...

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