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Page iv
... come down amongst vs with more tokens and earnests of his wrath intended , then the agedst man of our land is able to recount of so small a time . For say , if euer the windes , since they blew one against the other , haue beene more ...
... come down amongst vs with more tokens and earnests of his wrath intended , then the agedst man of our land is able to recount of so small a time . For say , if euer the windes , since they blew one against the other , haue beene more ...
Page xiv
... come back to reality when he says to Puck , ' Fetch me that flower ' ? No one pretends that this has an allegorical significance , and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is ...
... come back to reality when he says to Puck , ' Fetch me that flower ' ? No one pretends that this has an allegorical significance , and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is ...
Page xvii
... come to the right way , no , though they turn their caps . ' The great source of information with regard to popular beliefs in fairies and spirits is Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft , first published in 1584. Of Robin Goodfellow ...
... come to the right way , no , though they turn their caps . ' The great source of information with regard to popular beliefs in fairies and spirits is Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft , first published in 1584. Of Robin Goodfellow ...
Page xix
... come , or the ale in the fat would neuer haue good head . ' The ' walking fire ' in Lear , which Edgar takes for the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet is but one of the forms in which Robin appears . In the black - letter ballad of The Merry ...
... come , or the ale in the fat would neuer haue good head . ' The ' walking fire ' in Lear , which Edgar takes for the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet is but one of the forms in which Robin appears . In the black - letter ballad of The Merry ...
Page xx
... Come , come to me , With hands as pale as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by Richard Edwards , 1582 : ' Ye furies , all at once On me your torments trie Gripe me , you greedy griefs , And ...
... Come , come to me , With hands as pale as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by Richard Edwards , 1582 : ' Ye furies , all at once On me your torments trie Gripe me , you greedy griefs , And ...
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