 | George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...acknowledged as such by all persons; hence the term civil may be applied figuratively in the same sense ; I heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song. SHAKSPEARE. Politeness varies with the fashions and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...world, By their increase,! now knows not which is which. j LOVE IN IDLENESS. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such a dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...: Thou remcrober'st Since once I sat upon я promontory, And heard я mermaid, on a dolphin's bank, ing's ship, The mariners, say, how thou hast dispos'd, And all the rest o'the fleet? ¡ nd certain stars shot madly fr To hear the sea-maid's musJck. their spheres, Puck. I remember. Otie.... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1828 - 384 pages
...for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: [Puck advance! to (Heron.] thou remember'st, Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. (i,. c.) I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 148 pages
...back, 1 50 Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath 151 That the rude sea grew civil at her song, 152 And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying between the cold moon and... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...silvestre, Donde crecen las prímulas y las cabeceantes violetas, 6. Obe. Thou rememb'rest / Since once I sat upon a promontory, / And heard a mermaid...stars shot madly from their spheres / To hear the sea maid's nu1sic? / Puck. I remember. / Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), / Flying... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...and pedestrian. Oberon, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, ii, 1 , reminds Puck of such a rider: once 1 sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea maid's music. The dauphin, from the three dolphins on the coat-of-arms of the lords of the province... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...profession. And who does not recognize in a flash the voice of Paul Harvey when it comes on the radio? . . . once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid,...song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres . . . Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2, 1 Voices of pleasant nature, spoken or sung, can definitely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 394 pages
...OBERON. My gentle Puck, come hither, Thou rememberest, When once I sat upon a promontory * And saw a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw — (but thou couldst not,) Flying Cupid between the... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 260 pages
...organized for Elizabeth at Elvetham in 1591: OBERON My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remembr'est Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and... | |
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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. 
