counterfeit a portrait, a likeness,
a picture:
“Fair Portia's counterfeit,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, iii. 2.
115
;
“Thou draw'st a counterfeit Best in all Athens,”
TIMON OF ATHENS, v. 1. 78
;
“the poor counterfeit of her complaining”
THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, 1269
; (
“her maid, whose countenance exhibited an image of her
mistress's grief,”
MALONE)
“your painted counterfeit,”
SONNETS, xvi. 8
;
“the counterfeit Is poorly imitated,”
SONNETS, liii. 5.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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