A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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47 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Eagerness

1 quotation

Earthquakes

1 quotation

Echo

3 quotations

Efforts, Abortive

1 quotation

Egotism

1 quotation

Elephant

1 quotation

Elevation of Soul

1 quotation

Eloquence

2 quotations

Elves

2 quotations

Emotion

4 quotations

Emotions, Conflicting

3 quotations

Emulation

1 quotation

End

4 quotations

Enemies

2 quotations

England

7 quotations

English, The

3 quotations

Enjoyment, Frequency of, Diminishes Pleasure

1 quotation

Enlargement

1 quotation

Enmity

1 quotation

Enterprise

2 quotations

Envy

5 quotations

Epithets

1 quotation

Espousals

3 quotations

Evasion

3 quotations

Evening

3 quotations

Evil

1 quotation

Exaltation

1 quotation

Examination

3 quotations

Example

2 quotations

Exasperation

1 quotation

Excellence

4 quotations

Excess

2 quotations

Excitement

1 quotation

Excuses Sometimes Improper

1 quotation

Expectation

7 quotations

Expediency

1 quotation

Experience

2 quotations

Expiring

2 quotations

Explanation

1 quotation

Explosion

1 quotation

Exposure

1 quotation

Expression, Lascivious

1 quotation

Expulsion

1 quotation

Extacy

1 quotation

Extenuation

2 quotations

Exterior, Plausible

1 quotation

Eye

15 quotations

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