Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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... whole so variously , yet so happily inter- woven , so racy and effervescent in its composition , of such exquisite levity and transparency , and glowing with such luxurious and phosphorescent splendour , as to be perfectly without a ...
... whole so variously , yet so happily inter- woven , so racy and effervescent in its composition , of such exquisite levity and transparency , and glowing with such luxurious and phosphorescent splendour , as to be perfectly without a ...
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... whole , it comes before the spectators under the notion of a dream . " If we shadows have offended , Think but this ( and all is mended ) That you have but slumber'd here , While these visions did appear ; And this weak and idle theme ...
... whole , it comes before the spectators under the notion of a dream . " If we shadows have offended , Think but this ( and all is mended ) That you have but slumber'd here , While these visions did appear ; And this weak and idle theme ...
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... whole . Oberon is desirous of relieving the lovers from their perplexities , but greatly adds to them through the mistakes of his minister , till he at last comes really to the aid of their fruitless amorous pain , their incon- stancy ...
... whole . Oberon is desirous of relieving the lovers from their perplexities , but greatly adds to them through the mistakes of his minister , till he at last comes really to the aid of their fruitless amorous pain , their incon- stancy ...
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... whole with the most amusing parody . [ From Hazlitt's " Characters of Shakespeare's Plays . " * ] Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , is the leader of the fairy band . He is the Ariel of the Midsummer - Night's Dream ; and yet as unlike as can ...
... whole with the most amusing parody . [ From Hazlitt's " Characters of Shakespeare's Plays . " * ] Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , is the leader of the fairy band . He is the Ariel of the Midsummer - Night's Dream ; and yet as unlike as can ...
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... whole range of French poetry put together . What we mean is this , that we will produce out of that single play ten passages to which we do not think any ten passages in the works of the French poets can be opposed displaying equal ...
... whole range of French poetry put together . What we mean is this , that we will produce out of that single play ten passages to which we do not think any ten passages in the works of the French poets can be opposed displaying equal ...
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