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Page xiv
... 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 and the Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was ...
... 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 and the Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was ...
Page xxiii
... rest , and could not sleep at all , they say , we have passed St. John Baptist's Night ; that is , we have not taken any sleep , but watched all night ; and not only so , but we have been in great troubles , noyses , clamours , and ...
... rest , and could not sleep at all , they say , we have passed St. John Baptist's Night ; that is , we have not taken any sleep , but watched all night ; and not only so , but we have been in great troubles , noyses , clamours , and ...
Page 6
... , My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody . Were the world mine , Demetrius being bated , The rest I'ld give to be to you translated . 190 O , teach me how you look , and with 6 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... , My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody . Were the world mine , Demetrius being bated , The rest I'ld give to be to you translated . 190 O , teach me how you look , and with 6 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
Page 9
... rest : yet my chief humour is for a tyrant : I could play Ercles rarely , or a part to tear a cat in , to make all split . This was lofty ! The raging rocks And shivering shocks Shall break the locks Of prison gates ; And Phibbus ' car ...
... rest : yet my chief humour is for a tyrant : I could play Ercles rarely , or a part to tear a cat in , to make all split . This was lofty ! The raging rocks And shivering shocks Shall break the locks Of prison gates ; And Phibbus ' car ...
Page 15
... rest : The fairy land buys not the child of me . His mother was a votaress of my order : And , in the spiced Indian air , by night , Full often hath she gossip'd by my side , And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands , Marking the ...
... rest : The fairy land buys not the child of me . His mother was a votaress of my order : And , in the spiced Indian air , by night , Full often hath she gossip'd by my side , And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands , Marking the ...
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