Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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Page 14
... Wall or Moonshine . Fairies are not incredible , but fairies six feet high are so . Mon- sters are not shocking , if they are seen at a proper distance . When ghosts appear at midday , when apparitions stalk along Cheapside , then may ...
... Wall or Moonshine . Fairies are not incredible , but fairies six feet high are so . Mon- sters are not shocking , if they are seen at a proper distance . When ghosts appear at midday , when apparitions stalk along Cheapside , then may ...
Page 36
... Wall must be plaistered ; 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 ...
... Wall must be plaistered ; 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 ...
Page 71
... wall in the great chamber ; for Pyr- amus and Thisby , says the story , did talk through the chink of a wall . Snout . You can never bring in a wall . What say you , Bottom ? 59 Bottom . Some man or other must present Wall : and let him ...
... wall in the great chamber ; for Pyr- amus and Thisby , says the story , did talk through the chink of a wall . Snout . You can never bring in a wall . What say you , Bottom ? 59 Bottom . Some man or other must present Wall : and let him ...
Page 104
... Wall , that vile Wall which did these lovers sunder ; And through Wall's chink , poor souls , they are content To whisper ; at the which let no man wonder . This man , with lanthorn , dog , and bush of thorn , Presenteth Moonshine ; for ...
... Wall , that vile Wall which did these lovers sunder ; And through Wall's chink , poor souls , they are content To whisper ; at the which let no man wonder . This man , with lanthorn , dog , and bush of thorn , Presenteth Moonshine ; for ...
Page 105
... Wall . In this same interlude it doth befall That I , one Snout by name , present a wall ; And such a wall , as I would have you think , That had in it a crannied hole or chink , Through which the lovers , Pyramus and Thisby , Did ...
... Wall . In this same interlude it doth befall That I , one Snout by name , present a wall ; And such a wall , as I would have you think , That had in it a crannied hole or chink , Through which the lovers , Pyramus and Thisby , Did ...
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