Midsummer-night's dream. Romeo and JulietHarper & brothers, 1884 |
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... things to passe : I was a man , but thus have made Myselfe a silly asse . " Bottom seems then to have been considered the chief character in the play ; and “ The merry conceited humors of Bottom the Weaver " were made into a farce or ...
... things to passe : I was a man , but thus have made Myselfe a silly asse . " Bottom seems then to have been considered the chief character in the play ; and “ The merry conceited humors of Bottom the Weaver " were made into a farce or ...
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... thing . " II . THE SOURCES OF THE PLOT . " It is probable , " says Steevens , " that the hint for this play was received from Chaucer's Knight's Tale , " but there is little resemblance between the tale and the play , except that ...
... thing . " II . THE SOURCES OF THE PLOT . " It is probable , " says Steevens , " that the hint for this play was received from Chaucer's Knight's Tale , " but there is little resemblance between the tale and the play , except that ...
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... things hetero- geneous are brought together in fantastical confusion . Yet to a person who by repeated perusals has become familiar with this play , it will not appear so incongruous a composi- tion that it requires such an apology as ...
... things hetero- geneous are brought together in fantastical confusion . Yet to a person who by repeated perusals has become familiar with this play , it will not appear so incongruous a composi- tion that it requires such an apology as ...
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... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing * Shakespeare Commentaries , by Dr. G. G. Gervinus , translated by F. E. Bunnett : revised ed . ( London , 1875 ) , p . 195 fol . A local habitation and a ...
... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing * Shakespeare Commentaries , by Dr. G. G. Gervinus , translated by F. E. Bunnett : revised ed . ( London , 1875 ) , p . 195 fol . A local habitation and a ...
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... thing which elevates the fairies not only above the beasts , but also above the ordinary mortal , when he is devoid of all fancy and uninfluenced by beauty . Thus , in the spirit of the fairies , in which this sense of the beautiful is ...
... thing which elevates the fairies not only above the beasts , but also above the ordinary mortal , when he is devoid of all fancy and uninfluenced by beauty . Thus , in the spirit of the fairies , in which this sense of the beautiful is ...
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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...