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Page xii
... Puck ( ii . 1. 148-168 ) , regarded as a political allegory . Warburton was the first to propound an elaborate interpretation from this point of view . Starting with the assumption that by the ' fair vestal throned by the west ' is ...
... Puck ( ii . 1. 148-168 ) , regarded as a political allegory . Warburton was the first to propound an elaborate interpretation from this point of view . Starting with the assumption that by the ' fair vestal throned by the west ' is ...
Page xiv
... Puck , ' Fetch me that flower ' ? No one pretends that this has an allegorical significance , and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is allegory and from this point all is ...
... Puck , ' Fetch me that flower ' ? No one pretends that this has an allegorical significance , and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is allegory and from this point all is ...
Page xvi
... 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 the poukes pondfold No maynprise may us ...
... 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 the poukes pondfold No maynprise may us ...
Page xvii
... Puck with the house - spirit or Robin Goodfellow , but it is evident that in popular belief the same mischief - loving qualities which belong to Puck were attributed to Robin Goodfellow long before the time of Shakespeare . Tyndale , in ...
... Puck with the house - spirit or Robin Goodfellow , but it is evident that in popular belief the same mischief - loving qualities which belong to Puck were attributed to Robin Goodfellow long before the time of Shakespeare . Tyndale , in ...
Page xix
... pucks . ' To the same effect writes Harsnet in his Declaration of Popish Imposture ( p . 134 ) , a book quoted in the ... Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , which is reprinted by Mr. Halliwell ( Phillipps ) in his Introduction to a Midsummer ...
... pucks . ' To the same effect writes Harsnet in his Declaration of Popish Imposture ( p . 134 ) , a book quoted in the ... Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , which is reprinted by Mr. Halliwell ( Phillipps ) in his Introduction to a Midsummer ...
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