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Search phrase: nightingale

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.18.2My nightingale,Mine Nightingale,
King Edward IIIE3 I.i.111That, with the nightingale, I shall be scarredThat with the nightingale I shall be scard:
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.107Her voice to music or the nightingaleHer voice to musicke or the nightingale,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.110And why should I speak of the nightingale?And why should I speake of the nightingale,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.111The nightingale sings of adulterate wrong,The nightingale singes of adulterate wrong,
King LearKL III.vi.30nightingale. Hoppedance cries in Tom's belly for two
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.104The nightingale, if she should sing by day,The Nightingale if she should sing by day
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.ii.78roar you an 'twere any nightingale.roare and 'twere any Nightingale.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.2It was the nightingale, and not the lark,It was the Nightingale, and not the Larke,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.5Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.Beleeue me Loue, it was the Nightingale.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.7No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaksNo Nightingale: looke Loue what enuious streakes
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.171She sings as sweetly as a nightingale.She sings as sweetly as a Nightinghale:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.179There is no music in the nightingale;There is no musicke in the Nightingale.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.iv.25O for a prick now, like a nightingale,O for a pricke now like a Nightingale,

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.20.8 Save the nightingale alone: Saue the Nightingale alone.

Glossary

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night-birdnightingale, bird that sings at night
Philomel, Philomela[pron: 'filomel] daughter of Pandion, king of Athens; Tereus raped her and cut out her tongue, but she told the tale in her embroidery; the gods turned her into a nightingale after she took her revenge
tereusound of a nightingale in pain

Thesaurus

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nightingalenight-bird
nightingalePhilomel, Philomela

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