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Search phrase: first-born

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL II.v.58first-born of Egypt.first borne of Egypt.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.157But let one spirit of the first-born CainBut let one spirit of the First-borne Caine
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.101That bites the first-born infants of the spring.That bites the first borne infants of the Spring.
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.5I am his first-born son that was the lastI was the first borne Sonne, that was the last
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.123Thrice-noble Titus, spare my first-born son.Thrice Noble Titus, spare my first borne sonne.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.91That touches this, my first-born son and heir.That touches this my first borne sonne and heire.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.7Primrose, first-born child of Ver,Prim-rose first borne, child of Ver,

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.21.7 With April's first-born flowers and all things rare With Aprills first borne flowers and all things rare,

Glossary

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primogenitiveprimogeniture; right of inheritance due to the first-born child

Thesaurus

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child right of inheritance, first-bornprimogenitive
first-born child right of inheritanceprimogenitive
inheritance right of the first-born childprimogenitive
right of inheritance of the first-born childprimogenitive

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FIRSTBIRTH first-born adj

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