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Search phrase: wandering

Plays

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HamletHam V.i.252Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them standConiure the wandring Starres, and makes them stand
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.15not ‘ by Phoebus, he, that wandering knight so fair.’not by Phoebus hee, that wand'ring Knight so faire.
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.76Come, come, return; return, thou wandering lord;Come, come, returne; returne thou wandering Lord,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.iv.16Ruled like a wandering planet over me,Rul'd like a wandering Plannet ouer me,
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.127Wandering, at last we climbed unto a hill,Wandring at last we clymd vnto a hill,
King JohnKJ IV.i.92A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,A graine, a dust, a gnat, a wandering haire,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.ii.41What is Thisbe? – a wandering knight?What is Thisbie, a wandring Knight?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.41Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood;Faire loue, you faint with wandring in ye woods,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.381At whose approach ghosts wandering here and thereAt whose approach Ghosts wandring here and there,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.97Swifter than the wandering moon.Swifter then the wandering Moone.
PericlesPer I.i.97For vice repeated is like the wandering wind,For Vice repeated, is like the wandring Wind,
Richard IIR2 II.iii.119A wandering vagabond, my rights and royaltiesA wandring Vagabond; my Rights and Royalties
Richard IIR2 III.ii.49Whilst we were wandering with the Antipodes,
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.39To find the empty, vast, and wandering air,To find the empty, vast, and wand'ring ayre:
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.52And so he vanished. Then came wandering byAnd so he vanish'd. Then came wand'ring by,
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.3Now, for my life, she's wandering to the TowerNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.i.88To cast thy wandering eyes on every stale,To cast thy wandring eyes on euery stale:
Troilus and CressidaTC I.i.104Let it be called the wild and wandering flood,Let it be cald the wild and wandring flood,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.839 In thy weak hive a wandering wasp hath crept, In thy weake Hiue a wandring waspe hath crept,

Glossary

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errantwandering, straying, erring
erringstraying, wandering, drifting
errorwandering, roaming, straying [from a course]
extravagancywandering, drifting, roving about
mazechance wandering about, labyrinthine business
passagejourney, travelling, wandering
vagabonddrifting, meandering, wandering
vagarywandering, displacement, roaming about
wanderingstraying, erring, disloyal
wandering[astrology] having its own motion
wanderinglost, straying from the correct path
wheelingroving, wandering, drifting
windringwinding, wandering

Thesaurus

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chance wandering aboutmaze
wanderingvagary
wanderingvagabond
wanderingwindring
wanderingwheeling
wanderingerring
wanderingerrant
wanderingerror
wanderingextravagancy
wanderingpassage
wandering about, chancemaze

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Cosmos

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