Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Paulina

wife of Antigonus, a Sicilian nobleman, takes charge of Queen Hermione, when unjustly sent to prison by her jealous husband, and after a time presents her again to Leontes as a statue “by that rare Italian master, Julio Romano.” (Shakespeare: Winter's Tale.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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