| William Shakespeare - 1773 - 630 pages
...reading of the old Rom. —In bed afleep; while they do dream things true s. Mer. + O, then, I fee, Queen Mab has been with you. She is the Fairies' midwife^ and fhe comes 3 I* the quarto 1597, after the firft line of Mercutio's fpeech, Romeo fays, ^uccn Mab, ••what''s... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...often lye. Rom. In bed asleep ; while they do dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she...agate- stone ", On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawa with a team of little atomies >Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : $ao Her waggon spokes... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...turn, and the deficient fight Tapple down headlong! King Lear, A. 4. Sc..6. DR. EA M :;. O, then I fee Queen Mab has been with you,-. She is the fairies midwife ; and fhe comes, . In fhape no bigger than an agate ilone . On the fore^finger of an alderman, , Drawn with... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...Jane for, Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies5 Athwart men's noses... | |
| William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...allude to. .., " Ha! ha! a dream. Oh ! then, I see Queen Mab has been with you.:' She is the Fancy's midwife, and she comes, ' ' In shape no bigger than an agate stone ' • '. , ••_•<•• On the forefinger of an alderman,- • . • Drawn with a team of little... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife;5 and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate- stone...fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies6 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...Fr. achates, Lat.] A precious stone of the lowest class, often clouded with beautiful variegations. In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the forefinger of an alderman. Sbaljfrarc. Agatci are only varieties of the flint Kind ; they have a grey horny ground, clouded, lineated,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...yours ? \ Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...asleep ; while they do dream thinpt true. [y°uМег. О, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with 5he is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agat stone Эп the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies " Athwart men's... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...often lie. Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses... | |
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