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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23 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Vight

10 quotations

Valour

14 quotations

Valuation

2 quotations

Value

2 quotations

Vanity

6 quotations

Veneration

3 quotations

Venetian Women

2 quotations

Vengeance

2 quotations

Veracity

1 quotation

Verbosity

3 quotations

Verily

1 quotation

Veteran

1 quotation

Vice, Prevalent

2 quotations

Vicissitude

4 quotations

Victory

5 quotations

Villain

4 quotations

Virago

1 quotation

Virginity

1 quotation

Virtue

7 quotations

Vituperation

21 quotations

Vocation

1 quotation

Voice

2 quotations

Vows

21 quotations

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