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" My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in... "
The Parterre of fiction, poetry, history [&c.]. - Page 158
1835
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Shakespeare : Select Plays: As You Like it

William Shakespeare - 1883 - 218 pages
...uniform. Ib. mingled damask, or red and white, like the colour of Damask roses. Compare Sonnet cxxx. 5 : ' I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks." 124. In parcels, piecemeal, in detail. 124, 125. would have gone near To fall, &c., would have nearly...
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As You Like it

William Shakespeare - 1877 - 244 pages
...lb. mingled damask, or red and white, like the colour of Damask roses. Compare Sonnet cxxx. 5 : ' 1 have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks.' 1 24. ln parcels, piecemeal, in detail. 124, 125. would have gone near To fall, &c., would have nearly...
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The Poems

William Shakespeare - 1878 - 408 pages
...lips' red : If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,...I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That musick hath a far more pleasing sound ; I grant I never saw a goddess go, — My mistress, when she...
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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Volumes 1-2

William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...lips' red ; If snow be white why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,...I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That musick hath a far more pleasing sound ; I grant I never saw a goddess go, — My mistress, when she...
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...her breasts are dun ; [head. If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; And in some perfumes is there more delight [reeks. Than in the breath that from my mistress I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Lucrece. Sonnets. A lover's ...

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 328 pages
...lips' red : If snow be white, why, then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks ; 9 The construction is, " Lust in action is th' expense of spirit," &c. And in some perfumes is there...
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JAHRBCH

F A LEO - 1881 - 498 pages
...dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and wliite, Hut no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes...That music hath a far more pleasing sound, I grant I neuer saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground; And yet by heaven, I think...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...lips' red : If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun ; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,...more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress recks. I love to hear her speak ; yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound : I grant,...
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The Sonnets of William Shakspere

William Shakespeare - Sonnets, English - 1881 - 354 pages
...head. I have feen rofes damaflc'd, red and white. But no fuch rofes fee I in her cheeks ; And in fome perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my miftrefs reeks. I love to hear her fpeak, yet well I know That mufic hath a far more pleafmg found...
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The Sonnets [of William Shakespeare]

William Shakespeare - 1881 - 336 pages
...head. I have feen rofes damafk'd, red and white, But no fuch rofes fee I in her cheeks ; And in fome perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my miftrefs reeks. I love to hear her fpeak, yet well I know That mufic hath a far more pleafing found...
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