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Search phrase: woeful

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.139Presents more woeful pageants than the scenePresents more wofull Pageants then the Sceane
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.149Sighing like furnace, with a woeful balladSighing like Furnace, with a wofull ballad
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.71O Lord, have mercy on me, woeful man!O Lord haue mercy on me, wofull man.
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.77That hath contrived this woeful tragedy!That hath contriu'd this wofull Tragedie.
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iii.51Which thou thyself hast given her woeful breast.Which thou thy selfe hast giuen her wofull Brest.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.342To wash away my woeful monuments.To wash away my wofull Monuments.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.45Ah, one that was a woeful looker-onAh, one that was a wofull looker on,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.107How will the country for these woeful chancesHow will the Country, for these woful chances,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.124Here sits a king more woeful than you are.Heere sits a King, more wofull then you are.
Henry VIIIH8 II.i.167.2'Tis woeful.'Tis wofull.
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.201O woeful day!O wofull day!
King LearKL V.iii.200If there be more, more woeful, hold it in;If there be more, more wofull, hold it in,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.803My woeful self up in a mourning house,My wofull selfe vp in a mourning house,
MacbethMac II.iii.56New-hatched to the woeful time. The obscure birdNew hatch'd toth' wofull time. / The obscure Bird
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.27I am a woeful suitor to your honour,I am a wofull Sutor to your Honour,
PericlesPer III.ii.87The rough and woeful music that we have,the rough and / Wofull Musick that we haue,
PericlesPer Chorus.IV.3His woeful queen we leave at Ephesus,His wofull Queene we leaue at Ephesus,
Richard IIR2 II.ii.99Comes rushing on this woeful land at once!Come rushing on this wofull Land at once?
Richard IIR2 IV.i.320A woeful pageant have we here beheld.A wofull Pageant haue we here beheld.
Richard IIR2 V.i.42Of woeful ages long ago betid;Of wofull Ages, long agoe betide:
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.248And made her widow to a woeful bed?And made her Widdow to a wofull Bed?
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.192Their kingdom's loss, my woeful banishment,Their Kingdomes losse, my wofull Banishment,
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.89Farewell, thou woeful welcomer of glory.Farewell, thou wofull welcommer of glory.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.86Just in her case! O woeful sympathy!Iust in her case. O wofull simpathy:
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.30.2O woeful time!O wofull time.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.49O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!O wo, O wofull, wofull, wofull day,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.50Most lamentable day, most woeful dayMost lamentable day, most wofull day,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.54O woeful day! O woeful day!O wofull day, O wofull day.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.88And swear with me – as, with the woeful fereAnd sweare with me, as with the wofull Feere
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.82Welcome, dread Fury, to my woeful house;Welcome dread Fury to my woefull house,
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.49I am as woeful as Virginius was,I am as wofull as Virginius was,
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.55A woeful Cressid 'mongst the merry Greeks!A wofull Cressid 'mong'st the merry Greekes.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.56Yea, and a woeful and a piteous nullity.Yea, and a woefull, and a pittious nullity.

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.143 My woeful self that did in freedom stand, My wofull selfe that did in freedome stand,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1125 A woeful hostess brooks not merry guests. "A woefull Hostesse brookes not merrie guests.
SonnetsSonn.145.4 But when she saw my woeful state, But when she saw my wofull state,
Venus and AdonisVen.836 And sings extemporally a woeful ditty; And sings extemporally a wofull dittie,
Venus and AdonisVen.1126 As if they heard the woeful words she told; As if they heard the wofull words she told:

Glossary

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ruthfulpiteous, lamentable, woeful
woefulfull of woe, sorrowful, mournful

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woefulruthful

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