A Midsummer Night's DreamAn exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. |
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... minds thoughts , plans . unfold : open , explain . 209 Phoebe another name for the moon . 210 visage : face . 211 212 213 215 216 219 222 223 225 226 wat'ry glass : mirror made by a stretch of water ( a lake or pond ) . Decking ...
... minds thoughts , plans . unfold : open , explain . 209 Phoebe another name for the moon . 210 visage : face . 211 212 213 215 216 219 222 223 225 226 wat'ry glass : mirror made by a stretch of water ( a lake or pond ) . Decking ...
Page 9
... mind , 235 And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind . Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste , Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste : And therefore is Love said to be a child , Because in choice he is so oft beguilād . 240 As ...
... mind , 235 And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind . Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste , Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste : And therefore is Love said to be a child , Because in choice he is so oft beguilād . 240 As ...
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... minds were all affected ( ' transfigur'd ' ) in the same way , at the same time , is evidence that there is more to the affair than fanciful invention ; it adds up to ( ' grows to ' ) something very consistent ( ' constant ...
... minds were all affected ( ' transfigur'd ' ) in the same way , at the same time , is evidence that there is more to the affair than fanciful invention ; it adds up to ( ' grows to ' ) something very consistent ( ' constant ...
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