Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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Page 21
... moon- shine , dew , and spring perfumes are the elements of these tender spirits ; they assist Nature in embroidering her car- pet with green leaves , many - coloured flowers , and glittering insects ; in the human world they do but ...
... moon- shine , dew , and spring perfumes are the elements of these tender spirits ; they assist Nature in embroidering her car- pet with green leaves , many - coloured flowers , and glittering insects ; in the human world they do but ...
Page 29
... moon , they circle the earth ; they avoid the sunlight without fearing it , and seek the darkness ; they love the moon , and dance in her beams ; and above all they delight in the dusk and twilight , the very season for dreams , whether ...
... moon , they circle the earth ; they avoid the sunlight without fearing it , and seek the darkness ; they love the moon , and dance in her beams ; and above all they delight in the dusk and twilight , the very season for dreams , whether ...
Page 32
... Moon and Moonshine by name in order to render them evident ; they supply the lack of side - scenes by persons , and all that should take place behind the scenes they explain by digressions . These rude doings are dis- turbed by the ...
... Moon and Moonshine by name in order to render them evident ; they supply the lack of side - scenes by persons , and all that should take place behind the scenes they explain by digressions . These rude doings are dis- turbed by the ...
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... Moon- shine must carry lanthorn and bush . And when Hippoly- ta , again becoming impatient of absurdity , exclaims , “ I am aweary of this moon ! would he would change ! " Shakspere further insists on his piece of dramatic criticism by ...
... Moon- shine must carry lanthorn and bush . And when Hippoly- ta , again becoming impatient of absurdity , exclaims , “ I am aweary of this moon ! would he would change ! " Shakspere further insists on his piece of dramatic criticism by ...
Page 43
... moon : but , O , methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! she lingers my desires , Like to a step - dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man's revenue . Hippolyta . Four days will quickly steep themselves in night ; And then the ...
... moon : but , O , methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! she lingers my desires , Like to a step - dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man's revenue . Hippolyta . Four days will quickly steep themselves in night ; And then the ...
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