Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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Page 12
... hand . " This view is hardly sustained by a careful comparison of the folio readings with those of Fisher's quarto , the latter ( as we have pointed out in the notes ) being often preferred to the former by most of the modern editors ...
... hand . " This view is hardly sustained by a careful comparison of the folio readings with those of Fisher's quarto , the latter ( as we have pointed out in the notes ) being often preferred to the former by most of the modern editors ...
Page 15
... hand , in his Introduction to the Play , argues from internal evidence that the " Mad Pranks " was not only written after the Midsum- mer - Night's Dream , but that it was in a measure founded upon this very play ; and we think he makes ...
... hand , in his Introduction to the Play , argues from internal evidence that the " Mad Pranks " was not only written after the Midsum- mer - Night's Dream , but that it was in a measure founded upon this very play ; and we think he makes ...
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... hands and thick heads , whose unskilful art consists in learn- ing their parts by heart , these men believe themselves obliged to represent Moon and Moonshine by name in order to render them evident ; they supply the lack of side ...
... hands and thick heads , whose unskilful art consists in learn- ing their parts by heart , these men believe themselves obliged to represent Moon and Moonshine by name in order to render them evident ; they supply the lack of side ...
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... hand has assumed this graceful form , are contrasted in the two extremes ; in the centre is the intellectual man , who participates in both , who regards the one , namely , the stories of the lovers , the poets by nature , as art and ...
... hand has assumed this graceful form , are contrasted in the two extremes ; in the centre is the intellectual man , who participates in both , who regards the one , namely , the stories of the lovers , the poets by nature , as art and ...
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... hands that have helped to shape the world . His utterance is the rich - toned speech of one who is master of events - who has never known a shrill or eager feeling . feeling . His nuptial day is at hand ; and while the other lovers are ...
... hands that have helped to shape the world . His utterance is the rich - toned speech of one who is master of events - who has never known a shrill or eager feeling . feeling . His nuptial day is at hand ; and while the other lovers are ...
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