"Tinct" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... art in the land of the Image[FN30] thou camest to seek." And they ceased not walking till they reached a lake, a long water and a wide, where quoth Mubarak to his companion, "Know, O my lord, that anon will come to us a little craft bearing a banner of azure tinct and all its planks are of chaunders and lign-aloes of Comorin, the most precious of woods. And now I would charge thee with a charge the which must thou most diligently observe." Asked the other, "Thou wilt see in that boat a boatman[FN31] whose fashion is the reverse of man's; but beware, ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton
... speak no more; Thou turnst mine eyes into my very soul, And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct." ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 53. Saturday, November 2, 1850 • Various |
