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Cupid's Birthday Book: One Thousand Love-darts from Shakespeare, Gathered ...
by William Shakespeare, George Johnston - 1875 - 448 pages
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Memoirs of a Water Drinker, Volumes 1-2

William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 pages
...Dishevel'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd, As the vine curls her tendrils "—Milton. Shakspeare. "Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear."—Shakspeare. EMMA PORTLAND passed the house of her beloved sick friend, Mrs. Johnson; but had...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...graces, that extinguish art. 21 — v. 3. 96 O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in...Ethiop's" ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! 35— i. 5. 97 Her stature, as wand-like straight; As silver- voiced; her eyes as jewel-like, And...
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Thoughts of the times; or, Men and things

Thomas Browne Browne - 1838 - 274 pages
...blending of imagination and fancy has an exquisite effect, as in Romeo and Juliet: — " Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear." Here the first line is a double personification of beauty and night; the second line is a fanciful...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...graces, that extinguish art. 21 — v. 3. 96 O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's* ear : Beauty too rich tor use, for earth too dear ! 35— i. 5. 97 Her stature, as wand-like straight ; As silver-voiced...
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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 82 pages
...hand of yonder gentleman ? Ben. I do. flora. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. The measure done, I 'll wait her to her place, And, touching hers, make happy my rude hand. Be still,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Lear. Romeo and Juliet ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...ago.1 Rom. 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! It seems she 2 hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear ; Beauty too rich for use, for...
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Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman

Alexander Walker - 1840 - 434 pages
...Indications of Age . . . . . 339 Appendix . . . . 343 PRELIMINARY ESSAY, BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear: * * * * * * Death hath no power yet upon thy beauty — Thou art not conquered; beauty's ensign yet...
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Goethe's Theory of colours, tr. with notes by C.L. Eastlake

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840 - 494 pages
...not, and their moral associations are not owing to the colours themselves, * Such as— '' Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear." Romeo nnd Juliet. •2 E 2 but to tlic modifications such colours undergo in consequence of what surrounds...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...ago. Ro. What lady 's that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight ? Ser. I know not, sir. Ro. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! It...ear : Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! much : So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure...
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Isidora; or, The adventures of a Neapolitan, a novel, by the old author, in ...

John Richard Digby Beste - 1841 - 958 pages
...known. CHAPTER III. DONNA GIULIA OF OONZAGA. Oh she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope'a ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear ! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,...
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