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Page ix
... speaking had not been stolen away by Lysander , and was only too willing to go with him . I have given Chalmers's theory rather more consideration than it deserves , because he has supported it by a parade of evidence , which to him no ...
... speaking had not been stolen away by Lysander , and was only too willing to go with him . I have given Chalmers's theory rather more consideration than it deserves , because he has supported it by a parade of evidence , which to him no ...
Page xii
... speak openly , either in praise or dispraise . ' ' All this agrees with Mary Queen of Scots , and with no other . Queen Elizabeth could not bear to hear her commended ; and her successor would not forgive her satirist . ' ' She is ...
... speak openly , either in praise or dispraise . ' ' All this agrees with Mary Queen of Scots , and with no other . Queen Elizabeth could not bear to hear her commended ; and her successor would not forgive her satirist . ' ' She is ...
Page xvi
... speaking of himself , ' As I am an honest Puck , ' ' Else the Puck a liar call . ' In fact Puck , or pouke , is an old word for devil , and it is used in this sense in the Vision of Piers Ploughman , 11345 ( ed . T. Wright ) : ' Out of ...
... speaking of himself , ' As I am an honest Puck , ' ' Else the Puck a liar call . ' In fact Puck , or pouke , is an old word for devil , and it is used in this sense in the Vision of Piers Ploughman , 11345 ( ed . T. Wright ) : ' Out of ...
Page 10
... speak as small as you will . Bot . An I may hide my face , let me play Thisby too , I'll speak in a monstrous little voice , ' Thisne , Thisne ; ' Ah Pyramus , my lover dear ! thy Thisby dear , and lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you ...
... speak as small as you will . Bot . An I may hide my face , let me play Thisby too , I'll speak in a monstrous little voice , ' Thisne , Thisne ; ' Ah Pyramus , my lover dear ! thy Thisby dear , and lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you ...
Page 12
... You do their work , and they shall have good luck : Are not you he ? Puck . Thou speak'st aright ; I am that merry wanderer of the night . 30 40 I jest to Oberon and make him smile When I 12 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... You do their work , and they shall have good luck : Are not you he ? Puck . Thou speak'st aright ; I am that merry wanderer of the night . 30 40 I jest to Oberon and make him smile When I 12 A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
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