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Search phrase: gentleness

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As You Like ItAYL II.vii.103What would you have? Your gentleness shall force,What would you haue? / Your gentlenesse shall force,
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.104More than your force move us to gentleness.more then your force / Moue vs to gentlenesse.
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.119Let gentleness my strong enforcement be,Let gentlenesse my strong enforcement be,
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.125And therefore sit you down in gentlenessAnd therefore sit you downe in gentlenesse,
Henry VIIIH8 II.iv.137If thy rare qualities, sweet gentleness,(If thy rare qualities, sweet gentlenesse,
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.33I have not from your eyes that gentlenessI haue not from your eyes, that gentlenesse
King LearKL I.iv.338This milky gentleness and course of yours,This milky gentlenesse, and course of yours
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.730In the converse of breath. Your gentlenessIn the conuerse of breath (your gentlenesse
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.25But touched with human gentleness and love,But touch'd with humane gentlenesse and loue:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.138I thought you lord of more true gentleness.I thought you Lord of more true gentlenesse.
The TempestTem I.ii.165Which since have steaded much. So, of his gentleness,Which since haue steeded much, so of his gentlenesse
The TempestTem II.i.139The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness,The truth you speake doth lacke some gentlenesse,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.240And will with deeds requite thy gentleness.And will with Deeds requite thy gentlenesse:
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.254gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and so forthgentlenesse, vertue, youth, liberality, and so forth:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.i.21With his face backward. – In humane gentleness,With his face backward, in humaine gentlenesse:
Twelfth NightTN II.i.39The gentleness of all the gods go with thee!The gentlenesse of all the gods go with thee:
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.110No way but gentleness, gently, gently. The fiendNo way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.48This gentleness of answer: 'tis your passionThis gentlenesse of answer; tis your passion

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easinessgentleness, kindness, indulgence
gentlenessnobility, good breeding, courtesy
gentlenessfreedom from harshness, peace
lenitymildness, gentleness, mercifulness
smallnesssoftness, gentleness, high pitch

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gentlenesseasiness
gentlenesssmallness
gentlenesslenity

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Italian and Spanish... pue per doleera kee per forsa [‘more by gentleness than by force’] - is actually much close...
...d translation doleera dolcezza gentleness forsa forza force kee que ...

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