Midsummer-night's dream. Romeo and JulietHarper & brothers, 1884 |
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Page 132
... Paris , 1584 : " Our reasons will be infinite , I trow , Unless unto some other point we grow . " The Coll . MS . has " go on to appoint . " 9. Marry . Probably a corruption of Mary , and originally a mode of swearing by the Virgin ...
... Paris , 1584 : " Our reasons will be infinite , I trow , Unless unto some other point we grow . " The Coll . MS . has " go on to appoint . " 9. Marry . Probably a corruption of Mary , and originally a mode of swearing by the Virgin ...
Page 172
... Paris , 1584 " Plays with Amyntas ' lusty boy , and coys him in the dales ; " and Golding's Ovid : " and with her hand had coid The dragons ' reined neckes , " etc. 7. Mounsieur . The spelling of all the early eds . It may be retained ...
... Paris , 1584 " Plays with Amyntas ' lusty boy , and coys him in the dales ; " and Golding's Ovid : " and with her hand had coid The dragons ' reined neckes , " etc. 7. Mounsieur . The spelling of all the early eds . It may be retained ...
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... Paris ( forgotten in the story after his bridal disappointment ) to die at Juliet's bier by the hand of Romeo , thus gathering together all the threads of this love entanglement to be cut at once by Fate . " III . CRITICAL COMMENTS ON ...
... Paris ( forgotten in the story after his bridal disappointment ) to die at Juliet's bier by the hand of Romeo , thus gathering together all the threads of this love entanglement to be cut at once by Fate . " III . CRITICAL COMMENTS ON ...
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... PARIS , and Servant . Capulet . But Montague is bound as well as I , In penalty alike ; and ' t is not hard , I think , For men so old as we to keep the peace . Paris . Of honourable reckoning are you both ; And pity ' t is you liv'd at ...
... PARIS , and Servant . Capulet . But Montague is bound as well as I , In penalty alike ; and ' t is not hard , I think , For men so old as we to keep the peace . Paris . Of honourable reckoning are you both ; And pity ' t is you liv'd at ...
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... Paris . Younger than she are happy mothers made . Capulet . And too soon marr'd are those so early made . The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she , She is the hopeful lady of my earth : But woo her , gentle Paris , get her heart ...
... Paris . Younger than she are happy mothers made . Capulet . And too soon marr'd are those so early made . The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she , She is the hopeful lady of my earth : But woo her , gentle Paris , get her heart ...
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Popular passages
Page 54 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 53 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid; Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Page 48 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 63 - CHORUS. Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, lulla, lullaby ; Never harm, nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby.
Page 65 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay...
Page 54 - True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air And more inconstant than the wind...
Page 59 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 53 - Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love : O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees: O'er ladies...
Page 100 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 186 - He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took 't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...