Precious Stones Mentioned in Plays
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 grass. 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 on 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. 83
