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282 ) , which was published in that year . How long before this time it had been
written is to a great extent a matter of pure conjecture . Steevens , in his note on ii
. i . 15 , ' And hang a pearl in every cowslip ' s ear , ' quotes a passage in which ...
282 ) , which was published in that year . How long before this time it had been
written is to a great extent a matter of pure conjecture . Steevens , in his note on ii
. i . 15 , ' And hang a pearl in every cowslip ' s ear , ' quotes a passage in which ...
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In endeavouring therefore to approximate to the date of our play , we may leave
out of consideration the passage quoted by Steevens ; for it is , to say the least ,
quite as probable that the author of the Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll borrowed
from ...
In endeavouring therefore to approximate to the date of our play , we may leave
out of consideration the passage quoted by Steevens ; for it is , to say the least ,
quite as probable that the author of the Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll borrowed
from ...
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The marginal note to this passage shews the date to which it refers . “ The yeare
of the Lord 1593 , and 1594 . Dr . King ' s description of the extraordinary
disturbance of the elements is confirmed by Stowe in his Annals for the same
year .
The marginal note to this passage shews the date to which it refers . “ The yeare
of the Lord 1593 , and 1594 . Dr . King ' s description of the extraordinary
disturbance of the elements is confirmed by Stowe in his Annals for the same
year .
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These passages have been so often referred to as containing the prose version
of Titania ' s speech that I have thought it best to give them at length , if only for
the purpose of shewing that in all probability Shakespeare had not the year 1594
in ...
These passages have been so often referred to as containing the prose version
of Titania ' s speech that I have thought it best to give them at length , if only for
the purpose of shewing that in all probability Shakespeare had not the year 1594
in ...
Page xx
... of Thisbe ' s speech , O sisters three , Come , come to me , With hands as pale
as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by
Richard Edwards , 1582 : • Ye furies , all at once On me your torments trie .
... of Thisbe ' s speech , O sisters three , Come , come to me , With hands as pale
as milk , ' Shakespeare intended to ridicule a passage in Damon and Pythias , by
Richard Edwards , 1582 : • Ye furies , all at once On me your torments trie .
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Page 14 - No night is now with hymn or carol blest : Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale in her anger, washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound : And thorough this distemperature we see The seasons alter : hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose, And on old Hiems' thin and icy crown An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set.
Page 71 - That it should come to this! But two months dead - nay, not so much, not two So excellent a king, that was to this Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 3 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
Page 63 - Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone. Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud.
Page 71 - And strait conjunction with this sex ; for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her gain'd By a far worse ; or, if she love, withheld By parents ; or his happiest choice too late Shall meet, already link'd and wedlock-bound To a fell adversary, his hate or shame : Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life, and household peace confound.
Page 8 - Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
Page 69 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 14 - Hiems' thin and icy crown An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer, The childing autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world, By their increase, now knows not which is which. And this same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our dissension; We are their parents and original.
Page 28 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, -. With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes...
Page 136 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder ? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I...
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| Title | Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's Dream Clarendon press series. English classics |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1879 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 147 pages |
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