 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 532 pages
...and the old Shepherd is still in conversation with the King and Camillo. Autolycus enters, singing. Lawn, as white as driven snow ; Cyprus,' black as e'er was crow ; •that makes her blush < O K. look on 't). i> a valuable tract of pasture-land. " tagged laces.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 936 pages
...see two females in the old garden-house yonder; but how to address them? Stay — Will Shakspere, be my friend in need! I will give, them a taste of Autolycus." Pie then sung with a good voice, and becoming audacity, the popular playhouse ditty: " Lawn as white... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1898 - 358 pages
...capital, indicating that the lawn was from Cyprus. Ill Winter's Tale Autolycus sings of his wares : " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow." 39. commercing. Communing. 42. Forget thyself to marble. Cf. On Shakespeare, 14 and note. 43. leaden.... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 284 pages
...capital, indicating that the lawn was from Cyprus. In Winter's Tale Autolycus sings of his wares : — " Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow." 39. commercing. Communing. 42. Forget thyself to marble. Cf. On Shakespeare, 14 and note. 43. leaden.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 482 pages
...than you 1d think, sister. 211 Per. Ay, good brother, or go about to think. Enter AOTOLTCDS, singing. Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; M dildos and fadings: coarse words often nude the burdens of old MDgk >** jape = coarse jest. The word... | |
 | John Milton - 1924 - 232 pages
...crape or gauze; generally cyprus and lawn are distinguished; cf. Winter's Tale, Iv. 4. no— 2»1 : "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, 1. 3, and in his Epigrams (73). Cotgrave,... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 428 pages
...Prythee, bring 5 him in ; and let him approach singing." So in came our rogue, gayly singing his wares : Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; 10 Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber ;... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 424 pages
...Prythee, bring 5 him in ; and let him approach singing." So in came our rogue, gayly singing his wares : Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; 10 Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber ;... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...Prythee, bring 5 him in ; and let him approach singing." So in came our rogue, gayly singing his wares : Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow ; Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; 10 Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1905 - 370 pages
...them than you'ld 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 roses ; 220 Masks for faces and for noses ; Bugle-bracelet, necklace-amber, Perfume for a lady's .chamber... | |
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