Shakespeare and Precious Stones eBook

George Frederick Kunz
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 61 pages of information about Shakespeare and Precious Stones.

Shakespeare and Precious Stones eBook

George Frederick Kunz
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 61 pages of information about Shakespeare and Precious Stones.

The crown imperial,
The intertissued robe of gold and pearl.
Henry V, Act iv, sc. 1, l. 279. 
“Histories”, p. 85 (bis, number repeated), col.  B,
line 13.

PEARLS

Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl,
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.
Richard III, Act i, sc. 4, l. 26. 
“Histories”, p. 180, col.  A, line 12.

PEARLS

The liquid drops of tears that you have shed
Shall come again, transform’d to orient pearl.
Richard III, Act iv, sc. 4, l. 322. 
“Histories”, p. 198, col.  A, lines 16, 17.

PEARLS

Her bed is India; there she lies, a pearl.
Troilus and Cressida, Act i, sc. 1, l. 103. 
At end of “Histories”, page irregularly numbered 79,
col.  A, line 8.  P. 589 of facsimile.

PEARLS

She is a pearl
Whose price hath launch’d above a thousand ships.
Troilus and Cressida, Act ii, sc. 2, l. 81. 
Unnumbered page, 596 of facsimile, col.  A, line 19.

PEARLS

I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold.
Titus Andronicus, Act ii, sc. 1, l, 19. 
“Tragedies”, p. 35, col.  B, line 30.

PEARLS

This is the pearl that pleased your empress’ eye.
Titus Andronicus, Act v, sc. 1, l. 42. 
“Tragedies”, p. 48, col.  A, line 21.

PEARLS

I see thee compass’d with thy kingdom’s pearl.
Macbeth, Act v, sc. 8, l. 56. 
“Tragedies”, p. 151, col.  B, line 32.

PEARLS

Hamlet, this pearl is thine.
Hamlet, Act v, sc. 2, l. 293. 
“Tragedies”, p. 281, col.  A, line 15.

PEARLS

What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence,
As pearls from diamonds dropp’d.
Lear, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 24. 
Omitted in First Folio.

PEARLS

Like the base Indian,[30] threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe.
Othello, Act v, sc. 2, l. 347. 
“Tragedies”, p. 338, col.  B, line 53.

[Footnote 30:  “Iudean” in text.]

PEARLS

He kiss’d,—­the last of many doubled kisses,—­
This orient pearl.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act i, sc. 5, l. 41. 
“Tragedies”, p. 344, col.  B, lines 22, 23.

PEARLS

I’ll set thee in a shower of gold, and hail
Rich pearls upon thee.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act ii, sc. 5, l. 46. 
“Tragedies”, p. 348, col.  B, lines 10, 11.

ROCK-CRYSTAL

Did hold his eyes lock’d in her crystal looks.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 89. 
“Comedies”, p. 26, col.  A, line 17.

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