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Page iv
... gives a list of the early editions of Shakespeare's plays , in which appears ' A moste pleasaunte comedie , called A Midsummer Night's Dreame , wythe the freakes of the fayries , ' which is said to have been published in 1595. But ...
... gives a list of the early editions of Shakespeare's plays , in which appears ' A moste pleasaunte comedie , called A Midsummer Night's Dreame , wythe the freakes of the fayries , ' which is said to have been published in 1595. But ...
Page vi
... give them at length , if only for the purpose of shewing that in all probability Shakespeare had not the year 1594 in his mind at all . It is true that King , and Stowe , and Forman alike describe great storms of wind and rain and ...
... give them at length , if only for the purpose of shewing that in all probability Shakespeare had not the year 1594 in his mind at all . It is true that King , and Stowe , and Forman alike describe great storms of wind and rain and ...
Page viii
... gives the reasons which induced him to place the composition of the Midsummer Night's Dream in the early part of 1598. He finds , in the speech of Theseus at the beginning of the fifth act , the line , One sees more devils than vast ...
... gives the reasons which induced him to place the composition of the Midsummer Night's Dream in the early part of 1598. He finds , in the speech of Theseus at the beginning of the fifth act , the line , One sees more devils than vast ...
Page xiv
... give the inventor of this interpretation credit for remarkable ingenuity , but to accept it requires the exercise of something more than faith . If there be an allegorical meaning in Oberon's words why does he suddenly drop allegory and ...
... give the inventor of this interpretation credit for remarkable ingenuity , but to accept it requires the exercise of something more than faith . If there be an allegorical meaning in Oberon's words why does he suddenly drop allegory and ...
Page xv
... give it a classical colouring , and there is therefore nothing incongruous to a reader in finding himself in company with the Greek - sounding names of Theseus , Egeus and Philostrate in one scene , and Oberon and Robin Goodfellow in ...
... give it a classical colouring , and there is therefore nothing incongruous to a reader in finding himself in company with the Greek - sounding names of Theseus , Egeus and Philostrate in one scene , and Oberon and Robin Goodfellow in ...
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