Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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... HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL , CAMBRIDGE , MASS . WITH ENGRAVINGS . ONTE ΔΙΑΔΩΣΟΥΣΙΝ AAAHAD NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1883 . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year. William Shakespeare.
... HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL , CAMBRIDGE , MASS . WITH ENGRAVINGS . ONTE ΔΙΑΔΩΣΟΥΣΙΝ AAAHAD NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1883 . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year. William Shakespeare.
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... head , who represents , or rather dis- figures , the part of a tragical lover . The droll wonder of Bottom's transformation is merely the translation of a met- aphor in its literal sense ; but in his behaviour during the * Black's ...
... head , who represents , or rather dis- figures , the part of a tragical lover . The droll wonder of Bottom's transformation is merely the translation of a met- aphor in its literal sense ; but in his behaviour during the * Black's ...
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... head - dress heightens the effect of his usual folly . Theseus and Hippolyta are , as it were , a splendid frame for the picture ; they take no part in the action , but surround it with a stately pomp . The dis- course of the hero and ...
... head - dress heightens the effect of his usual folly . Theseus and Hippolyta are , as it were , a splendid frame for the picture ; they take no part in the action , but surround it with a stately pomp . The dis- course of the hero and ...
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... head for life , or becomes the admiration of his companions , and roars " like a nightingale , " in his own con- ceit , from the high stations of the law or the state . This clustering of the sweetest flowers of fanciful and of heroic ...
... head for life , or becomes the admiration of his companions , and roars " like a nightingale , " in his own con- ceit , from the high stations of the law or the state . This clustering of the sweetest flowers of fanciful and of heroic ...
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... head on Bottom's shoulders ! He must have foretasted the mirth of generations unborn at Titania's doat- ing on the metamorphosed weaver , and on his calling for a repast of sweet peas . His animal spirits must have bounded with the ...
... head on Bottom's shoulders ! He must have foretasted the mirth of generations unborn at Titania's doat- ing on the metamorphosed weaver , and on his calling for a repast of sweet peas . His animal spirits must have bounded with the ...
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