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Page iii
... quotes a passage in which the same thought occurs from an old comedy called The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 , where an enchanter says : - " ' Twas I that led you through the painted meads When the light fairies danc'd upon the ...
... quotes a passage in which the same thought occurs from an old comedy called The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 , where an enchanter says : - " ' Twas I that led you through the painted meads When the light fairies danc'd upon the ...
Page xx
... quotes a receipt by the celebrated astrologer Dr. Dee for ' An unguent to annoynt under the Eyelids , and upon the Eyelids eveninge and morninge : but especially when you call , ' that is , upon the fairies . It consisted of a decoction ...
... quotes a receipt by the celebrated astrologer Dr. Dee for ' An unguent to annoynt under the Eyelids , and upon the Eyelids eveninge and morninge : but especially when you call , ' that is , upon the fairies . It consisted of a decoction ...
Page xxi
... quotes , which purports to be an order of the Archbishop's Court , decrees , ' that Mr. Wilson , because he was a speciall plotter and con- triver of this business , and did in such a brutishe manner acte the same with an Asses head ...
... quotes , which purports to be an order of the Archbishop's Court , decrees , ' that Mr. Wilson , because he was a speciall plotter and con- triver of this business , and did in such a brutishe manner acte the same with an Asses head ...
Page 65
... quotes Horace [ Epist . i . I. 21 , 22 ] : ' ut piger annus Pupillis quos dura premit custodia matrum . ' 6. withering out , causing the revenue to dwindle as she herself withers away . For the phrase Steevens quotes from Chapman's ...
... quotes Horace [ Epist . i . I. 21 , 22 ] : ' ut piger annus Pupillis quos dura premit custodia matrum . ' 6. withering out , causing the revenue to dwindle as she herself withers away . For the phrase Steevens quotes from Chapman's ...
Page 69
... quotes Winter's Tale , ii . 1. 94 : ' Even as bad as those That vulgars give bold'st titles [ to ] . ' Again , in the same play , ii . 1. 131 : ' That the queen is spotless I ' the eyes of heaven and to you ; I mean , In this which you ...
... quotes Winter's Tale , ii . 1. 94 : ' Even as bad as those That vulgars give bold'st titles [ to ] . ' Again , in the same play , ii . 1. 131 : ' That the queen is spotless I ' the eyes of heaven and to you ; I mean , In this which you ...
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