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... Milton , L'Allegro , 100-114 , and an essay by Mr. Thoms on the Folklore of Shakespeare . It has been suggested that the device employed by Oberon to enchant Titania , by anointing her eyelids with the juice of a flower , may have been ...
... Milton , L'Allegro , 100-114 , and an essay by Mr. Thoms on the Folklore of Shakespeare . It has been suggested that the device employed by Oberon to enchant Titania , by anointing her eyelids with the juice of a flower , may have been ...
Page 66
... Milton , Comus , 118 : ' And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves . ' It is probably connected with the Fr. appert ( whence malapert ) , for which Cotgrave gives the equivalents Expert , readie ...
... Milton , Comus , 118 : ' And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves . ' It is probably connected with the Fr. appert ( whence malapert ) , for which Cotgrave gives the equivalents Expert , readie ...
Page 71
... Milton called attention to the resemblance between Lysander's complaint and that of Adam in Paradise Lost , x . 898-906 : ' For either He never shall find out fit mate , but such As some misfortune brings him , or mistake ; Or whom he ...
... Milton called attention to the resemblance between Lysander's complaint and that of Adam in Paradise Lost , x . 898-906 : ' For either He never shall find out fit mate , but such As some misfortune brings him , or mistake ; Or whom he ...
Page 83
... Milton , Comus , 423 : And , like a quivered nymph with arrows keen , May trace huge forests , and unharboured heaths . " 29. sheen , shining , brightness . As in Hamlet , iii . 2. 167 : ' And thirty dozen moons with borrow'd sheen ...
... Milton , Comus , 423 : And , like a quivered nymph with arrows keen , May trace huge forests , and unharboured heaths . " 29. sheen , shining , brightness . As in Hamlet , iii . 2. 167 : ' And thirty dozen moons with borrow'd sheen ...
Page 85
... Milton had probably this passage in his mind when he described the Will o ' the wisp ( Paradise Lost , ix . 640 ) ... Milton's L'Allegro , 100 , identifies the spicy nut - brown ale ' with the gossip's bowl of SC.1 . ] 85 A MIDSUMMER ...
... Milton had probably this passage in his mind when he described the Will o ' the wisp ( Paradise Lost , ix . 640 ) ... Milton's L'Allegro , 100 , identifies the spicy nut - brown ale ' with the gossip's bowl of SC.1 . ] 85 A MIDSUMMER ...
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