# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

Hamlet
[II, 2]

Polonius

1541

Fore God, my lord, well spoken, with good accent and good discretion.

2

Hamlet
[IV, 5]

Horatio

2871

'Twere good she were spoken with; for she may strew
Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds.