Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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Page xii
... fair vestal throned by the west ' is meant Queen Elizabeth , he argues that the mermaid must denote some eminent personage of her time , ' of whom it had been inconvenient for the author to speak openly , either in praise or dispraise ...
... fair vestal throned by the west ' is meant Queen Elizabeth , he argues that the mermaid must denote some eminent personage of her time , ' of whom it had been inconvenient for the author to speak openly , either in praise or dispraise ...
Page xiii
... fair vestal throned by the west Shakespeare intended a compliment to Queen Elizabeth is probably the only part of Warburton's theory with which any one will agree . Ritson and others have pointed out important discrepancies in his ...
... fair vestal throned by the west Shakespeare intended a compliment to Queen Elizabeth is probably the only part of Warburton's theory with which any one will agree . Ritson and others have pointed out important discrepancies in his ...
Page xiv
... fair park with the castle on the south , ' he disposes of the rest of the allegory in this wise . Cupid all armed , flying between the cold moon and the earth , is the Earl of Leicester , wavering in his passion between Queen Elizabeth ...
... fair park with the castle on the south , ' he disposes of the rest of the allegory in this wise . Cupid all armed , flying between the cold moon and the earth , is the Earl of Leicester , wavering in his passion between Queen Elizabeth ...
Page xv
... fair Titania . There is a court and chivalry : Oberon would have the Queen's sweet changeling to be a " knight of his train to trace the forest wild . " Like earthly monarchs he had his jester , " the shrewd and knavish sprite , called ...
... fair Titania . There is a court and chivalry : Oberon would have the Queen's sweet changeling to be a " knight of his train to trace the forest wild . " Like earthly monarchs he had his jester , " the shrewd and knavish sprite , called ...
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... fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour Draws on apace ; four happy days bring in Another moon but , O , methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! she lingers my desires , Like to a step - dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man's ...
... fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour Draws on apace ; four happy days bring in Another moon but , O , methinks , how slow This old moon wanes ! she lingers my desires , Like to a step - dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man's ...
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