Shakespeare and Precious Stones

Chapter 10

_Love"s Labour"s Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 53.

"Comedies", p. 137, col. A, line 59.

PEARLS

Will you have me, or your pearl again?

Neither of either.

_Love"s Labour"s Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 458.

"Comedies", p. 140, col. B, line 58.

PEARLS

Decking with liquid pearl the bladed gra.s.s.

_Midsummer Night"s Dream_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 211.

"Comedies", p. 147, col. A, line 6.

PEARLS

I must go seek some dewdrops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip"s ear.

_Midsummer Night"s Dream_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 15.

"Comedies", p. 148, col. A, line 38.

PEARLS

That same dew, which sometime in the buds Was wont to swell like round and orient pearls.

_Midsummer Night"s Dream_, Act iv, sc. 1, l. 57.

"Comedies", p. 157, col. B, lines 9, 10.

PEARLS

Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.

_As You Like It_, Act v, sc. 4, l. 63.

"Comedies", p. 206, col. A, line 12.

PEARLS

Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.

_Taming of the Shrew_, Introd., sc. 2, l. 44.

"Comedies", p. 209, col. B, line 33.

PEARLS

Fine linen, Turkey cushions boss"d with pearls Valance of Venice gold.

_Taming of the Shrew_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 355.

"Comedies", p. 217, col. B, line 32.

PEARLS

Why, sir, what "cerns it you if I wear pearl and gold?

_Taming of the Shrew_, Act v, sc. 1, l. 77.

"Comedies", p. 227, col A, line 22.

PEARLS

This pearl she gave me, I do feel"t and see"t.

_Twelfth Night_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 2.

"Comedies", p. 271, col. B, line 61.

PEARLS

Draws those heaven-moving pearls from his poor eyes.

_King John_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 169.

"Histories", p. 4, col. B, line 55.

PEARLS

Our chains and our jewels.-- Your brooches, pearls and ouches.

_II Henry IV_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 53.

"Histories", p. 82, col. B, line 28.

PEARLS

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.