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Page xvii
... Fairies in A Midsummer - Night's Dream , the Witches in Macbeth , and the Ghost in Hamlet , with thoughts and language so proper to the parts they sustain , and so peculiar to the talent of this writer . But of the two last of these ...
... Fairies in A Midsummer - Night's Dream , the Witches in Macbeth , and the Ghost in Hamlet , with thoughts and language so proper to the parts they sustain , and so peculiar to the talent of this writer . But of the two last of these ...
Page xl
... fairies . Shakspeare , indeed , was not the only violator of chronology , for in the same age Sidney , who wanted ... Fairies already incorporated with Greek and Roman story , by our early translators . Phaer and Golding , who first gave ...
... fairies . Shakspeare , indeed , was not the only violator of chronology , for in the same age Sidney , who wanted ... Fairies already incorporated with Greek and Roman story , by our early translators . Phaer and Golding , who first gave ...
Page 16
... light , and how the less , That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee , And show'd thee all the qualities o ' the isle , * Do without . + Fairies . The fresh springs , brine pits , barren place , 16 [ ACT I. TEMPEST .
... light , and how the less , That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee , And show'd thee all the qualities o ' the isle , * Do without . + Fairies . The fresh springs , brine pits , barren place , 16 [ ACT I. TEMPEST .
Page 56
... fairy , which , you say , is a * Bait . + Education . harmless fairy , has done little better than played the 56 [ ACT IV . TEMPEST .
... fairy , which , you say , is a * Bait . + Education . harmless fairy , has done little better than played the 56 [ ACT IV . TEMPEST .
Page 57
... fairy , monster . Ste . I will fetch off my bottle , though I be o'er ears for my labour . Cal . Pr'ythee , my king , be quiet : Seest thou here , This is the mouth o ' the cell : no noise , and enter : Do that good mischief , which may ...
... fairy , monster . Ste . I will fetch off my bottle , though I be o'er ears for my labour . Cal . Pr'ythee , my king , be quiet : Seest thou here , This is the mouth o ' the cell : no noise , and enter : Do that good mischief , which may ...
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Page xli - A quibble, poor and 15 barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.