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a Herald a Beadle
Exit THE END 1591 H2 anchor THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH Dramatis Personae KING HENRY THE SIXTH HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, his uncle CARDINAL BEAUFORT, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, great-uncle to the King RICHARD PLANTAGENET, DUKE OF YORK EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons DUKE OF SOMERSET DUKE OF SUFFOLK DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM LORD CLIFFORD YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son EARL OF SALISBURY EARL OF WARWICK LORD SCALES LORD SAY SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother SIR JOHN STANLEY VAUX MATTHEW GOFFE A LIEUTENANT, a SHIPMASTER, a MASTER'S MATE, and WALTER WHITMORE TWO GENTLEMEN, prisoners with Suffolk JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, two priests ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer A SPIRIT raised by him THOMAS HORNER, an armourer PETER, his man CLERK OF CHATHAM MAYOR OF SAINT ALBANS SAUNDER SIMPCOX, an impostor ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman JACK CADE, a rebel GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK THE BUTCHER, SMITH THE WEAVER, MICHAEL, &c., followers of Cade TWO MURDERERS MARGARET, Queen to King Henry ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester MARGERY JOURDAIN, a witch WIFE to SIMPCOX Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, a Sheriff, Officers, Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c. SCENE:
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

and hats and bonnets
The punch being, by this time, drunk out, and the little Kenwigses (who had for some time previously held their little eyes open with their little forefingers) becoming fractious, and requesting rather urgently to be put to bed, the collector made a move by pulling out his watch, and acquainting the company that it was nigh two o’clock; whereat some of the guests were surprised and others shocked, and hats and bonnets being groped for under the tables, and in course of time found, their owners went away, after a vast deal of shaking of hands, and many remarks how they had never spent such a delightful evening, and how they marvelled to find it so late, expecting to have heard that it was half-past ten at the very latest, and how they wished that Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs had a wedding-day once a week, and how they wondered by what hidden agency Mrs. Kenwigs could possibly have managed so well; and a great deal more of the same kind.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

a hundred acres but
The Burkes held a hundred acres, but they were still in debt.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

a human appearance but
The body also, while it remains in one form by the joining together of its members, presents a human appearance; but if the separation and dispersal of the parts break up the body's unity, it ceases to be what it was.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

ADD HONEY AND BROTH
IN THE MORTAR CRUSH PEPPER, CUMIN, CORIANDER SEED, MINT, RUE, AND FLEA-BANE, MOISTENED WITH VINEGAR, ADD HONEY AND BROTH AND REDUCED MUST, VINEGAR TO TASTE AND PUT THIS IN A SAUCE PAN.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

abide here and be
I will choose me one score of my good men to go with me, for I may need aid; and thou, Will Scarlet, wilt abide here and be the chief while I am gone." Then searching through all the band, each man of whom crowded forward eager to be chosen, Robin called such as he wished by name, until he had a score of stout fellows, the very flower of his yeomanrie.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

ar heft and build
Now, a nigger of that ar heft and build is worth considerable, just as you may say, for his body, supposin he’s stupid; but come to put in his calculatin faculties, and them which I can show he has oncommon, why, of course, it makes him come higher.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

and Harikulas are best
The history and exploits of the Pandavas and Harikulas are best known in the most remote parts of India: amidst the forest-covered mountains of Saurashtra, the deep woods and caves of Hidimba and Virat (still the shelter of the savage Bhil and Koli), or on the craggy banks of the Charmanvati (Chambal).
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

a howling a bellowing
a. tempestuous Tymmhigiad, n. a prickling Tymmor, n. season, time Tymmoraidd, a seasonable Tymmori, v. to take a season Tymmoriad, n. a fixing a season Tymmoroldeb, n. seasonableness Tymp, n. an enlargement; a bringing forth, a birth; a time Tyn, n. a pull, a stretch: a. tight, stretched; stubborn Tynâd, n. a tightening Tynâu, v. to tighten, to strain Tynchwydd, n. a tumour Tynder, n. tightness; rigidity Tyndir, n. fallow land Tyndra, n. tightness, straitness Tyndrec, n. draught gear Tynedigaeth, n. attraction Tynedigol, a. attractive Tynell, n. a barrel, a tun; a ton Tynellaid, n. contents of a tun Tynelliad, n. the act of filling, a tun Tynellu, v. to fill a tun Tyner, a. tender, lenient, mild Tyneredd, n. tenderness Tyneriad, n. a making tender Tyneriant, n. emollition Tyneru, v. to make tender Tynerus, a. of a tender nature Tynerwch, n. tenderness Tynfa, n. a draught, a pull Tynfach, n. a harpoon, a grapnel Tynfaen, n. a loadstone Tynfarch, n. a draught horse Tyniad, n. a pulling, draught Tyniar, n. a bubble Tyniedydd, n. an extractor Tynlath, n. a draught-tree Tyno, n. a plat, a green, a dale Tynrwyd, n. a drag-net Tynrwydd, n. tightness, rigidity Tynu, v. to draw, to pull Tyrchaidd, a. hoggish, hog like Tyrches, n. a splayed sow Tyrchiad, n. a burrowing Tyrchu, v. to burrow, to turn Tyrchyn, n. a little hog Tyrddain, v. to be blustering Tyrddan, n. a blustering Tyrddu, v. to bluster, to storm Tyrfa, n. a multitude, a host Tyrfain, v. to be blustering Tyrfâu, v. to shrink together Tyrfu, v. to rise up; to turn up; to contract, to skrink Tyriad, n. a heaping, a piling Tyru, v. to heap, to amass Tyrwn, n. a sand bank Tysmwy, n. a throb Tysmwyad, n. a throbbing Tyst, n. a witness Tystiad, n. a witnessing Tystiant, n. evidence Tystio, v. to testify Tystiol, a. testifying Tystiolaeth, n. a testimony Tystiolaethol, a. testimonial Tystioliaethiad, n. a testifying Tystiolaethu, v. to testify Tysyn, n. a yarn-ball bottom Tytmwy, n. a clasp, a buckle Tyw, n. what overspreads Tywallt, v. to pour, to spill Tywalltiad, n. a pouring out Tywalltol, a. pouring, shedding Tywarch, n. sod, clod, turf Tywarchen, n. element; sod Tywarchiad, n. a swarding Tywarchu, v. to form a sod Tywas, n. a house servant Tywel, n. a cloth, a towel Tywell, a. dark, obscure, dusky Tywiad, n. a spreading over Tywio, v. to spread about Tywod, n. sand, earth Tywodi, v. to form sand Tywodlyd, a. full of sand, sandy Tywodog, a. having sand Tywodol, a. arenacious, sandy Tywodyn, n. a grain of sand Tywota, v. to gather sand Tywu, v. to spread about Tywydd, n. the weather Tywyll, n. dusk, gloom: a. dark, obscure, dusky Tywylliad, n. a darkening Tywyllod, n. obscurity Tywyllu, v. to darken, to obscure Tywyllwch, n. darkneas Tywyn, n. spread, ray; strand Tywynedig, a. illumined Tywynedigaeth, n. radiancy Tywyniad, n. radiating, shining Tywynol, a radiant, shining Tywynu, v. to radiate, to shine Tywynwg, n. radiancy, splendour Tywynygiad, n. illumination Tywyngu, v. to illuminate Tywys, n. a leading, a guidance Tywysel, n. plug, stopple, stopper Tywysg, n. a procession Tywysgiad, n. a proceeding Tywysgo, v. to proceed Tywysiad, n. leading, conducting Tywysog, n. a leader; a prince Tywysogaeth, n. a principality Tywysoges, n. a princess Tywysogol, a leading, guiding Tywysydd, n. a man who leads, a leader Ub, n. what is high; a howl Ubain, n. a howling: v. to howl, to moan Uban, n. a howling, a bellowing Uch, n. a sigh: a. being over; upper: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

am having a bully
Well Elder I am having a bully time right straight along.
— from Pippin; A Wandering Flame by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

am hideously afraid but
“I am hideously afraid, but it’s your fault.
— from Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

amused himself and beguiled
Occasionally Solomon amused himself and beguiled the time by going forth and collecting sticks for the fire.
— from Fire in the Woods Illustrated by James De Mille

absented herself at breakfast
One of the daughters absented herself at breakfast, that she might arrange our rooms; but both were present at dinner, dressed, and ready for their afternoon's occupation of working and reading.
— from Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

and his accomplished biographer
We make no apology for thus freely quoting from Mr Stirling's pages his description of this picture; the extract brings vividly before our readers at once the merits of the old Toledan painter, and his accomplished biographer and critic.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 by Various

as has already been
It is, however, certain that Pol, the greatest of the three, was the leading spirit, and that he was the sole author of the Calendar Months , except that of November , which, as has already been mentioned, was completed seventy years later by Jean Colombe.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter

and his anxiety betrayed
He had arrived on horseback, and his anxiety betrayed itself in his loud speech and abrupt gestures, which made him resemble a retired cavalry officer.
— from Germinal by Émile Zola

ask him anything but
The tears came into the Prince’s eyes as he begged her to ask him anything but that—to set him any task she pleased as a proof of his devotion, but to spare him the grief of killing his dear Pussy.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

a horse and bring
Keep thy cloth-of-gold for thine own knights' backs; and as for thy squires and pages, if thou hast so many of them, give them each a sword, and set them on a horse, and bring them here to swell thy company.
— from Tales From Scottish Ballads by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Wilson) Grierson

and hostile array but
When it had been made known to the governor that the Indians had begun to develop themselves in force upon the common unarmed, yet redolent with the spirit that was to direct their meditated sports, the soldiers were dismissed from their respective companies to the ramparts; where they were now to be seen, not drawn up in formidable and hostile array, but collected together in careless groups, and simply in their side-arms.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) by Major (John) Richardson


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