Ivy. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Ivy


He was The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, And suck’d my verdure out on’t. Shakespeare.—The Tempest, Act I. Scene 2. (Prospero to Miranda.)	1
Usurping ivy, briar, or idle moss; Who, all for want of pruning, with intrusion Infect thy sap, and live on thy confusion. Shakespeare.—Com. of Errors, Act II. Scene 2. (Adriana to Antipholus of S.)	2
As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. Cowper.—The Progress of Error, Line 285.	3
The noisome weeds that without profit suck the soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers. Shakespeare.—Richard II., Act III. Scene 4. (The Gardener and Servants.)	4