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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45 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Idolatry

2 quotations

Illusion

2 quotations

Imagination

7 quotations

Immaculate

1 quotation

Immoral Reading

1 quotation

Impatience Suppressed

1 quotation

Impetuosity

2 quotations

Impolicy

1 quotation

Impossibilities

1 quotation

Imprisonment

1 quotation

Improvidence

1 quotation

Impudence

1 quotation

Imputation

1 quotation

Inclination

1 quotation

Inconstancy

1 quotation

Incontinence

8 quotations

Incorrigible

1 quotation

Independence

1 quotation

Indignation

1 quotation

Infamy

1 quotation

Infant Ruler

1 quotation

Infatuation

3 quotations

Infection

1 quotation

Infirmity

2 quotations

Inflexibility

3 quotations

Influence

1 quotation

Ingratitude

14 quotations

Inhumanity

2 quotations

Injured Man

2 quotations

Inn

1 quotation

Innocence

7 quotations

Innovation

2 quotations

Insanity

2 quotations

Insecurity

2 quotations

Insinuation

2 quotations

Insolence

1 quotation

Instrument

5 quotations

Intemperance

2 quotations

Intentions, Good, Defeated

1 quotation

Intents and Acts

3 quotations

Interruption, Violent

1 quotation

Intruder

1 quotation

Invasion

2 quotations

Invitation

1 quotation

Invocation

4 quotations

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