Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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... passages taken from Schmidt's Lexicon , I have been careful to verify the figures , as there are occasional misprints in that invaluable work . I cannot refrain from adding a testimonial to the accuracy and fideli- ty of the proof ...
... passages taken from Schmidt's Lexicon , I have been careful to verify the figures , as there are occasional misprints in that invaluable work . I cannot refrain from adding a testimonial to the accuracy and fideli- ty of the proof ...
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... passage is as follows : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines , so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy , witnes his Gentlemen of ...
... passage is as follows : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines , so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy , witnes his Gentlemen of ...
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... passage as it appears in Halliwell's folio ed . of Shakespeare . † Stowe , in his Chronicle ( quoted by Halliwell ) , says of the same year : " This year , in the month of May , fell many great showers of rain , but in the months of ...
... passage as it appears in Halliwell's folio ed . of Shakespeare . † Stowe , in his Chronicle ( quoted by Halliwell ) , says of the same year : " This year , in the month of May , fell many great showers of rain , but in the months of ...
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... passage is anything more than an allusion to the gen- eral neglect of learning in that day . A Midsummer - Night's Dream was first printed in 1600 . The following entry appears on the Register of the Station- ers ' Company : " 8 Oct ...
... passage is anything more than an allusion to the gen- eral neglect of learning in that day . A Midsummer - Night's Dream was first printed in 1600 . The following entry appears on the Register of the Station- ers ' Company : " 8 Oct ...
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... passages to which we do not think any ten passages in the works of the French poets can be opposed displaying equal fancy and imagery . Shall we mention the remonstrance of Helena to Hermia , or Titania's description of her fairy train ...
... passages to which we do not think any ten passages in the works of the French poets can be opposed displaying equal fancy and imagery . Shall we mention the remonstrance of Helena to Hermia , or Titania's description of her fairy train ...
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1st folio 1st quarto 2d quarto allusion Athenian Athens beauty Ben Jonson Bottom called Chaucer Cobweb Coll comedy Cymb dance death Demetrius doth Duke early eds edition Egeus Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairy fancy fear flowers Flute folio reading folios gentle give Golding's grace Halliwell quotes Halliwell remarks Hanmer hast hath heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta Johnson later folios Lear lion look lord lovers Lysander Macb means merry Midsummer-Night's Dream Milton moon Moonshine mortals mounsieur Mustardseed never night o'er Oberon Ovid passage Peaseblossom Peter Quince Philostrate play Plutarch poet prologue Puck Pyramus and Thisbe quarto reading queen Quince Rich Robin Goodfellow Rolfe's says SCENE Schmidt sense Shakespeare Shakspere sleep Snout sometimes Sonn speak Spenser spirit sport Steevens quotes sweet Temp thee Theo Theseus things Thisby's thou Titania tongue troth unto wall Warb wood woodbine word