Midsummer-night's dream. Romeo and JulietHarper & brothers, 1884 |
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... heart of courtesy , " which belong to the best parts of the chivalrous character . This is intertwined with the ingen- iously perplexed fancies and errors of the Athenian lovers , wrought up with a luxuriant profusion of quaint conceits ...
... heart of courtesy , " which belong to the best parts of the chivalrous character . This is intertwined with the ingen- iously perplexed fancies and errors of the Athenian lovers , wrought up with a luxuriant profusion of quaint conceits ...
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... heart , these men believe themselves obliged to represent 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 ...
... heart , these men believe themselves obliged to represent 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 ...
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... heart , Turn'd her obedience , which is due to me , To stubborn harshness : —and , my gracious duke , Be it so she will not here before your grace 30 Consent to marry with Demetrius , I beg the ancient 44 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... heart , Turn'd her obedience , which is due to me , To stubborn harshness : —and , my gracious duke , Be it so she will not here before your grace 30 Consent to marry with Demetrius , I beg the ancient 44 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
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... heart . Hermia . I frown upon him , yet he loves me still . 180 190 Helena . O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill ! Hermia . I give him curses , yet he gives me love . Helena . O that my prayers could such affection move ...
... heart . Hermia . I frown upon him , yet he loves me still . 180 190 Helena . O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill ! Hermia . I give him curses , yet he gives me love . Helena . O that my prayers could such affection move ...
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... heart good to hear me ; I will roar , that I will make the duke say , ' Let him roar again , let him roar again . ' Quince . An you should do it too terribly , you would fright the duchess and the ladies , that they would shriek ; and ...
... heart good to hear me ; I will roar , that I will make the duke say , ' Let him roar again , let him roar again . ' Quince . An you should do it too terribly , you would fright the duchess and the ladies , that they would shriek ; and ...
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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...