Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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... never seen before , nor shall ever again , for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life . ' Mr. Pepys was perhaps a little difficult to please , and his critical judgement was not final . The Tempest is the most ...
... never seen before , nor shall ever again , for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life . ' Mr. Pepys was perhaps a little difficult to please , and his critical judgement was not final . The Tempest is the most ...
Page 5
... never did run smooth ; But , either it was different in blood , — Her . O cross ! too high to be enthrall'd to low . Lys . Or else misgraffed in respect of years , —— Her . O spite ! too old to be engaged to young . Lys . Or else it ...
... never did run smooth ; But , either it was different in blood , — Her . O cross ! too high to be enthrall'd to low . Lys . Or else misgraffed in respect of years , —— Her . O spite ! too old to be engaged to young . Lys . Or else it ...
Page 12
... never had so sweet a changeling ; And jealous Oberon would have the child Knight of his train , to trace the forests wild ; But she perforce withholds the loved boy , Crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy : And now they never ...
... never had so sweet a changeling ; And jealous Oberon would have the child Knight of his train , to trace the forests wild ; But she perforce withholds the loved boy , Crowns him with flowers and makes him all her joy : And now they never ...
Page 13
... never wasted there . But , room , fairy ! here comes Oberon . 50 Fai . And here my mistress . Would that he were gone ! Enter , from one side , OBFRON , with his train ; from the other , TITANIA , with hers . Obe . Il met by moonlight ...
... never wasted there . But , room , fairy ! here comes Oberon . 50 Fai . And here my mistress . Would that he were gone ! Enter , from one side , OBFRON , with his train ; from the other , TITANIA , with hers . Obe . Il met by moonlight ...
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... never , since the middle summer's spring , Met we on hill , in dale , forest or mead , By paved fountain or by rushy brook , Or in the beached margent of the sea , / To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind , But with thy brawls thou ...
... never , since the middle summer's spring , Met we on hill , in dale , forest or mead , By paved fountain or by rushy brook , Or in the beached margent of the sea , / To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind , But with thy brawls thou ...
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