A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Black: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Black, forsooth, coal black as jet. Coal black is better than another hue,— Tit. And. iv. 2.
In that it scorns to bear another hue. All the water in the ocean Can never turn a swan's black legs to white,— Tit. And. iv. 2.
Although she lave them hourly in the flood. Tit. And. iv. 2. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the scowl of night. L. L. iv.— L. L. iv. 3.
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