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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: Pericles. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet - Page 21
by William Shakespeare - 1800
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...without stars, these earthly stars supply their place, and light it up. So again, in this play : " Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, " Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear." WARBURTON. But why nonsense ? is any thing more commonly said, than that beauties eclipse the sun ?...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...hung in ghastly NIGHT, Makes black night BEAUTEOUS, and her old face new.] So, in Romeo and Juliet : " Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, " Like a rich jewel in an ^Etliiop's ear." MALONE. 6 — swART-compiexion'd night ;] Stuart is dark, approaching to black. So,...
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Polyanthea: librorum Vetustiorum, Italicorum, Gallicorum, Hispanicorum ...

Sir Egerton Brydges - Early printed books - 1822 - 536 pages
...of the Faines : »О, then, I see, Queen Mab hath been with you ? >i Again : « О , she doth leach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs upon...the cheek of Night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's car ! Again : « He jests at scars , that never felt a wound. — But soft ! — what light thro yonder...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 490 pages
...What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight ? Sero. I know not, sir. Rom. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty...rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows...
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Tales of a tourist, Volumes 1-2

Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 562 pages
...would have all as merry As first-good company, good wine, good welcome, Can make good people. Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty...hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in nn ./Ethiop's ear ! SHAKESPEARE. THE fancy-ball at the Rotunda was expected to be the most splendid...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...hand Of yonder knight ? Sere. I know not, sir. Rom. O, she doth teach the torches to burn fcright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night , Like a...rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear : Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south. DESCRIPTION OF A BEAUTY. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty...rich jewel in an Ethiop's-}" ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows...
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The Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight ? Serv. I know not, sir. Rom. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty...the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's earf : Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...hand Of yonder knight ? Sen. I know not, sir. Rom. O, she doth teach the torches to bum bright.' lor beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear : beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear-! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Nature's own sweet and cunning hand lay'd on. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear : Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety : Other women...
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