 | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe - Daisies - 1884 - 462 pages
...Enough is shown ; and Cyprus, not a bosom, Hides my poor heart. Ibid-, act iii, sc. I. (3) Autalycus. Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus, black as e'er was crow. Winter's Tale, act iv, sc. 3. (2) Aufidius. I am attended at the Cypress grove. Coriolanus, act i,... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Birds - 1885 - 268 pages
...to support each other. The crow is considered an emblem of blackness, hence "as black as a crow." " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow." Winter's Tale, Act IV., so. iii. " I have a crow to pluck with you "—ie, I am vexed with you and... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - 1886 - 474 pages
...singing. Perdita. Forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in his tunes. Enter Atitolycus, singing. Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er...Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Masks, for faces or for noses ; Bugle bracelets, necklace amber ; Perfume for a lady's chamber ; Golden coifs and stomachers.... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1886 - 500 pages
...too, came the peddler with all his wonders and treasures : " Lawn as white as driven snow ; Cypress black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Masks for laces and for noses." Those last must have pleased the little boys more than all the rest of the peddler's... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Birds - 1886 - 270 pages
...to support each other. The crow is considered an emblem of blackness, hence "as black as a crow." " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow." Winter 'i Tale, Act IV., sc. iii. " I have a crow to pluck with you " — ie, I am vexed with you and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Brothers and sisters - 1886 - 210 pages
...infinitive, see Gr. 356. 120. Cypress. "Cipresse" in the folio. See on ii. 4. 52 above. CC WT iv. 4. 220 : " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow;" and Milton, // Pens. 35 : *' And sable stole of Cyprus lawn, Over thy decent shoulders drawn." Halliwell... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 764 pages
...'e than you'd think, sister. Per. Ay, good brother, or go about to think. Enter AUTOLYCUS, singing. Lawn, as white as driven snow; Cyprus, black as e'er was crow ; Gloves, as sweet as damask rose*; Masks for faces, and for noses ; Bugle-bracelet, necklace-amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber... | |
 | John Milton - 1891 - 236 pages
...crape or gauze; generally cyprus and lawn are distinguished; cf. Winter's Tale, 1v. 4. 220—221 : "Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow." Ben Jonson draws the same distinction in Every Man in His Humour, I. 3, and in his Epigrams (73). Cotgrave,... | |
 | John Milton - 1893 - 128 pages
...probably from the Isle of Cyprus, as Shakespeare has also in the wares peddled by Autolycus, — " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow." Winter's Tale, iv., 4. 39. Commerc'ing. Note the accent on the second syllable: it is used in this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 396 pages
...them than you 'd think, sister. Per. Ay, good brother, or go about to think. Enter AUTOLYCUS, singing. Lawn, as white as driven snow ; Cyprus, black as e'er...crow ; Gloves, as sweet as damask roses ; Masks for fanes, and for noses ; Bugle-bracelet, necklace-amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber ; Golden quoifs,... | |
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