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Ah, but wouldst thou have considered Shakespeare, who hath prick'd out many a character for our pleasure?

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Ah, but wouldst thou have considered Shakespeare, who hath prick'd out many a character for our pleasure?

They Had Me At 'Scrotum' 2007

Or if he saw any Creature pursu'd by any wild Beast, or entangled in a Snare, or prick'd with Thorns, or that had gotten any thing hurtful fallen into its Eyes or Ears, or was hungry or thirsty, he took all possible care to relieve it.

The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

At which, like unback'd [444-42] colts, they prick'd their ears,

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

By bandits groom'd, prick'd their light ears, and felt

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Soaring through wider zones that prick'd his scars

Lucifer in Starlight 1919

But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure

The Man Shakespeare Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 1909

I whistled to Molly (I could not pat her), and spoke to her softly: the sweet thing prick'd up her ears, laid them back again, and mended her pace.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The preyful princess pierced and prick'd a pretty pleasing pricket;

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897

But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure

The Man Shakespeare Frank Harris 1893