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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13 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Kent

Kent: Kent, in the commentaries Cæsar writ, Is term'd the civil'st place of all this isle: Sweet in the country, because full of riches…

Killing

Killing: To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust;

Kindness

Kindness: When your head did but ache, I knit my handkerchief about your brows, (The best I had, a princess wrought it me,) And I did never…

Kings

Kings: He may not, as unvalu'd persons do, Carve for himself; for on his choice depends The safety and the health of the whole state; And…

King's Absence And Return, Typified

King'S Absence And Return, Typified: In murders and in outrage, bloody here; But when, from under this terrestrial ball, He fires the proud…

Kiss

Kiss: O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge! Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss I carried from thee, dear; and my…

Knaves

Knaves: A knave; a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking…

Knighthood

Knighthood: Sweet knight, thou art now one of the greatest men in

Knights Of The Garter

Knights Of The Garter: When first this order was ordain'd, my lords, Knights of the garter were of noble birth; Valiant, and virtuous, full…

Knocking

Knocking: Here's a knocking, indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate, he should have old turning the key. Who's there, i' the name of…

Knots In Timber

Knots In Timber: As knots, by the conflúx of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine, and divert his grain, Tortive and errant from his course…

Knowing Man

Knowing Man: This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities with a learned spirit

Knowledge

Knowledge: Too much to know, is to know nought but fame. L. L. i. 1. 17% AT £.

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