 Tis true : there's magic in the web of it : A sibyl, that had number'd in the world The sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew'd the work ; The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk ; And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful...  Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society - Page 32by Gypsy Lore Society - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sewed the work : The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk; And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful Conserved of maiden's hearts. Des. Indeed ! is't true ? Oth. Most veritable, therefore look to't well.... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sewed the work : The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk ; And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful Conserved of maiden's hearts. Des. Indeed! is'ttrue? Oth. Most veritable, therefore look to't well.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...sun to make two hundred coinpasie*, 'In her prophetic fury sew'd the work : The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk; And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserv'd of maidens' hearts. A Lover's Computation of Time. What ! keep a week away ? seven day* and nights? [hours. Eight-score... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sewed the work : The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk ?And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful Conserved of maiden's hearts. Des. Indeed ! is't true ? Oth. Most veritable, therefore look to't well.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...hundred compasses, In her prophetick fury sew'd the work ; The worms were hallow'd, that did hreed the silk; And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserv'd of maidens' hearts. Des. Indeed! is 't true ? Des. Then 'would to heaven, that I had never seen it. Oth. Ha! wherefore?... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1833 - 362 pages
...The sun to make two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew'd the work : The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk, And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserv'd of maidens' hearts. DESDEMONA. Indeed ! is't true ? OTHELLO. Most veritable, therefore look to't well. DESDEMONA. Then... | |
 | Sir John Rose Cormack - Creosote - 1836 - 210 pages
...of mummies in medicine, by several of our old dramatic and other authors. " The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk, And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserved of maiden's hearts."3 — Othello, Act III. Sc. 4.4 Falstaff says, " I had been drowned,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...The sun to make two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew'd the work : The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk, And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserv'd of maiden's hearts. DESDEMONA. Indeed ! is't true ? OTHELLO. Most veritable, therefore look to't well.... | |
 | 1839 - 588 pages
...sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew'd the work. The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk ; And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserved of maidens' hearts ! " Desdemona. Indeed ! is 't true ? " No wonder she doubted it : Othello... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew'd the work. The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk ; And it was dyed in mummy, which the skilful Conserved ofmaidcnt' hearti ! " Desdemona. Indeed! is 't true?" No wonder she doubted it : Othello... | |
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