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Search phrase: rock

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.74Quicken a rock, and make you dance canaryQuicken a rocke, and make you dance Canari
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xiv.4A towered citadel, a pendent rock,A toward Cittadell, a pendant Rocke,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.102We were encountered by a mighty rock,We were encountred by a mighty rocke,
CoriolanusCor III.i.212Bear him to th' rock Tarpeian, and from thenceBeare him to th'Rock Tarpeian, and from thence
CoriolanusCor III.i.222.1And bear him to the rock.And beare him to the Rock.
CoriolanusCor III.i.265He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian rockHe shall be throwne downe the Tarpeian rock
CoriolanusCor III.ii.3Or pile ten hills on the Tarpeian rock,Or pile ten hilles on the Tarpeian Rocke,
CoriolanusCor III.iii.75.1To th' rock, to th' rock with him!To'th' Rocke, to'th' Rocke with him.
CoriolanusCor III.iii.103From off the rock Tarpeian, never moreFrom off the Rocke Tarpeian, neuer more
CoriolanusCor V.ii.106the rock, the oak not to be wind-shaken.the Rock, / The Oake not to be winde-shaken.
CymbelineCym III.iii.8We house i'th' rock, yet use thee not so hardlyWe house i'th'Rocke, yet vse thee not so hardly
CymbelineCym III.iii.70This rock, and these demesnes, have been my world,This Rocke, and these Demesnes, haue bene my World,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.152Behind our rock, and let it to the sea,Behinde our Rocke, and let it to the Sea,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.163Where there's no profit. I prithee, to our rock,Where there's no profit. I prythee to our Rocke,
CymbelineCym V.v.262Think that you are upon a rock, and nowThinke that you are vpon a Rocke, and now
HamletHam III.ii.237.2Sleep rock thy brain,Sleepe rocke thy Braine,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.192Then death rock me asleep, abridge my doleful days!then Death rocke me asleepe, abridge my dolefull dayes:
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.i.19Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brainsSeale vp the Ship-boyes Eyes, and rock his Braines,
Henry VH5 III.i.12As fearfully as doth a galled rockAs fearefully, as doth a galled Rocke
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.91Or turn our stern upon a dreadful rock.Or turne our Sterne vpon a dreadfull Rocke:
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.10Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock,Whiles in his moane, the Ship splits on the Rock,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.27And Richard but a ragged fatal rock?And Richard, but a raged fatall Rocke?
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.31Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off,Bestride the Rock, the Tyde will wash you off,
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.113You'll find it wholesome. Lo, where comes that rockYou'l finde it wholesome. Loe, where comes that Rock
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.158As shore of rock. Attend: this holy fox,As shore of Rocke: attend. This holy Foxe,
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.197As doth a rock against the chiding flood,As doth a Rocke against the chiding Flood,
Julius CaesarJC V.v.1Come, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.Come poore remaines of friends, rest on this Rocke.
MacbethMac III.iv.21Whole as the marble, founded as the rock,Whole as the Marble, founded as the Rocke,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.85And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be.And rocke the ground whereon these sleepers be.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.36.1As haggards of the rock.As Haggerds of the rocke.
OthelloOth II.iii.126.1If drink rock not his cradle.If Drinke rocke not his Cradle.
The TempestTem I.ii.343In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from meIn this hard Rocke, whiles you doe keepe from me
The TempestTem I.ii.361Deservedly confined into this rock, who hadstDeseruedly confin'd into this Rocke, who hadst
The TempestTem II.ii.131The whole butt, man. My cellar is in a rockThe whole But (man) my Cellar is in a rocke
The TempestTem II.ii.169Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?young Scamels from the Rocke: Wilt thou goe with me?
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.93For now I stand as one upon a rockFor now I stand as one vpon a Rocke,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.121Unto a ragged, fearful, hanging rock,Vnto a ragged, fearefull, hanging Rocke,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.iv.6And there's a rock lies watching under water;And ther's a Rocke lies watching under water;

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.1186 My throbbing heart shall rock thee day and night: My throbbing hart shall rock thee day and night;

Glossary

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Niobe[pron: 'niyohbay] heroine of Thebes, daughter of Tantalus, whose sons and daughters were slain by Apollo and Diana; the gods then turned her into a rock, but her eyes continued to weep in the form of a spring
Prometheusone of the Titan gods, who stole fire from heaven to help mankind, and was punished by being chained to a rock
Scylla[pron: 'sila] rock (or sea-monster) in the Straits of Messina, opposite to Charybdis
Tarpeian rock[pron: tahr'peean] rock in Rome, from which criminals were thrown to their deaths

Thesaurus

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rockScylla
rockPrometheus
rockTarpeian rock

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Functional shift...ii 342 here you sty me / in this hard rock   urn* tnk i i 44 he w...
Classical mythology...d diana the gods then turned her into a rock but her eyes continued to weep in the f...
...d he was punished by being chained to a rock in the caucasus proteus 3h6 ...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples...ity in sicily s italy tarpeian rock cor iii i 212 rock in rome from w...

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