Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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160 There , gentle Hermia , may I marry thee ; And to that place the sharp
Athenian law Cannot pursue us . If thou lovest me then , Steal forth thy father's
house to - morrow night ; And in the wood , a league without the town , Where I
did meet ...
160 There , gentle Hermia , may I marry thee ; And to that place the sharp
Athenian law Cannot pursue us . If thou lovest me then , Steal forth thy father's
house to - morrow night ; And in the wood , a league without the town , Where I
did meet ...
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And in the wood , where often you and I Upon faint primrose - beds were wont to
lie , Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet , There my Lysander and myself
shall meet ; And thence from Athens turn away our eyes , To seek new friends ...
And in the wood , where often you and I Upon faint primrose - beds were wont to
lie , Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet , There my Lysander and myself
shall meet ; And thence from Athens turn away our eyes , To seek new friends ...
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But , masters , here are your parts : and I am to entreat you , request you and
desire you , to con them by to - morrow night ; and meet me in the palace wood ,
a mile without the town , by moonlight ; there will we rehearse , for if we meet in
the ...
But , masters , here are your parts : and I am to entreat you , request you and
desire you , to con them by to - morrow night ; and meet me in the palace wood ,
a mile without the town , by moonlight ; there will we rehearse , for if we meet in
the ...
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... Crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy : And now they never meet
in grove or green , By fountain clear , or spangled starlight sheen , But they do
square , that all their elves for fear Creep into acorn - cups and hide them there .
... Crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy : And now they never meet
in grove or green , By fountain clear , or spangled starlight sheen , But they do
square , that all their elves for fear Creep into acorn - cups and hide them there .
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Thou told'st me they were stolen unto this wood ; And here am I , and wood within
this wood , Because I cannot meet my Hermia . Hence , get thee gone , and
follow me no more . Hel . You draw me , you hard - hearted adamant : But yet you
...
Thou told'st me they were stolen unto this wood ; And here am I , and wood within
this wood , Because I cannot meet my Hermia . Hence , get thee gone , and
follow me no more . Hel . You draw me , you hard - hearted adamant : But yet you
...
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| Title | Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's Dream Clarendon press series. English classics |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1879 |
| Length | 147 pages |
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