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... flower . If people get the juice of this flower on their eyelids while they are asleep , they fall in love with the first living creature they see when they wake up . Oberon plans to bewitch Titania in this way . Demetrius enters ...
... flower . If people get the juice of this flower on their eyelids while they are asleep , they fall in love with the first living creature they see when they wake up . Oberon plans to bewitch Titania in this way . Demetrius enters ...
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... flowers overhead . The Elizabethan beds had wooden roofs ( canopies ) over them ; a bank with a canopy of flowers would ... flower Oberon holds in his hand . 150 streak - " rub gently over " ; " stroke " . ISI hateful fantasies - " love ...
... flowers overhead . The Elizabethan beds had wooden roofs ( canopies ) over them ; a bank with a canopy of flowers would ... flower Oberon holds in his hand . 150 streak - " rub gently over " ; " stroke " . ISI hateful fantasies - " love ...
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... flower , yellow , and rather like a cow- slip ( q.v. ) . Р paragon , person who is a model to others of all that is perfect . pare , to cut ( the finger or toe nails ) . part ( in play ) , that part of a play to be spoken or performed ...
... flower , yellow , and rather like a cow- slip ( q.v. ) . Р paragon , person who is a model to others of all that is perfect . pare , to cut ( the finger or toe nails ) . part ( in play ) , that part of a play to be spoken or performed ...
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actors ancient Athenian Athens audience awake beautiful bird BOTTOM as PYRAMUS Bottom's characters Cupid dance Demetrius dote doth Duke Egeus Elizabethan elves Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairies fear flowers FLUTE as THISBE follow four lovers friends gentle give gleek goddess grow hast hate hath head hear heart Helena Hermia imagination kind ladies lion look lord lovers Lysander Lysander's magic maiden marry meaning Midsummer Night's Dream moon MOONSHINE Mustardseed never Nick Bottom night nine men's morris oath Oberon and Titania Peaseblossom person Peter Quince PHILOSTRATE play prologue Puck Pyramus and Thisbe quarrel Queen Quince's rehearse Robin Robin Goodfellow scene scorn Shakespeare shine sing sleep SNOUT SNUG song sound speak speech spirit STARVELING story sweet tears thee Theseus and Hippolyta thing Thisby Thisby's thou tongue troth true vows wakes wall wedding wild wood words young