Plays of Shakespeare: Selected and Prepared for Use in SchoolsGinn, Heath & Company, 1882 - English drama |
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... Stand forth , Demetrius . — My noble lord , This man hath my consent to marry her . Stand forth , Lysander : -and , my gracious Duke , This man hath witch'd the bosom of my child : Thou , thou , Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes ...
... Stand forth , Demetrius . — My noble lord , This man hath my consent to marry her . Stand forth , Lysander : -and , my gracious Duke , This man hath witch'd the bosom of my child : Thou , thou , Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes ...
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... stands as an edíct in destiny : Then let us teach our trial patience , 12 Because it is a customary cross , As due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighs , Wishes and tears , poor fancy's followers.13 Lys . A good persuasion ...
... stands as an edíct in destiny : Then let us teach our trial patience , 12 Because it is a customary cross , As due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighs , Wishes and tears , poor fancy's followers.13 Lys . A good persuasion ...
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... stands at present , Helena wishes her ear may resemble the voice of Hermia ! I conceive that , in the first place , he re - heare [ a com- mon old spelling of hair ] was transformed into eare- eare by a blundering transcriber . The ...
... stands at present , Helena wishes her ear may resemble the voice of Hermia ! I conceive that , in the first place , he re - heare [ a com- mon old spelling of hair ] was transformed into eare- eare by a blundering transcriber . The ...
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... square for to quarrel ; squarer for quarreller . This use of the word probably grew from the posture or attitude men take when they stand to a fight . Skims milk , and sometime labours in the quern , 18 ACT II . A MIDSUMMER-
... square for to quarrel ; squarer for quarreller . This use of the word probably grew from the posture or attitude men take when they stand to a fight . Skims milk , and sometime labours in the quern , 18 ACT II . A MIDSUMMER-
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... standing fee . " And in Drayton's Nymphidia : " This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt , Still walking like a ragged colt , And oft out of a bush doth bolt , Of purpose to deceive us ; And , leading us , makes us to stray Long winter ...
... standing fee . " And in Drayton's Nymphidia : " This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt , Still walking like a ragged colt , And oft out of a bush doth bolt , Of purpose to deceive us ; And , leading us , makes us to stray Long winter ...
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art thou Athenian Athens awake beard Bottom buds chide child Cobweb dance dead dear Demetrius dote doth Duke Dyce Egeus Enter PUCK Exeunt Exit eyes Fair Helena fairy fear flower FLUTE gentle give gone grace hast thou hate hath hear heart Hermia Hippolyta hounds Knight's Tale lady lantern lion look lord love thee lovers Lysander Master meaning merry Methinks MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM monsieur Moon Moonshine Mustard-seed never Nick Bottom night o'er Oberon old copies passage Peas-blossom Peter Quince PHILOSTRATE play Poet Poet's pray prologue Pyramus and Thisbe Queen Quin QUINCE's roar Robin Goodfellow Robin Starveling SCENE scorn sense Shakespeare shine sing sleep Snout Snug speak sport STARVELING stay stol'n sweet tears tell Theseus things Thisbe's thou hast Thou shalt thou wak'st Tita Titania tongue true verse vile voice wake wall wonder wood word