Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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Page xv
... Queen's sweet changeling to be a " knight of his train to trace the forest wild . " Like earthly monarchs he had his jester , " the shrewd and knavish sprite , called Robin Goodfellow . " It is true that Shakespeare has presented these ...
... Queen's sweet changeling to be a " knight of his train to trace the forest wild . " Like earthly monarchs he had his jester , " the shrewd and knavish sprite , called Robin Goodfellow . " It is true that Shakespeare has presented these ...
Page xvi
... Queen of the Fairies appears to have been the invention of Shakespeare . In Romeo and Juliet she is known by the more familiar appellation Queen • Mab , and in an entertainment given to Elizabeth by the Earl of Hertford at Elvetham in ...
... Queen of the Fairies appears to have been the invention of Shakespeare . In Romeo and Juliet she is known by the more familiar appellation Queen • Mab , and in an entertainment given to Elizabeth by the Earl of Hertford at Elvetham in ...
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... queen of the fairies . PUCK , or Robin Goodfellow . PEASEBLOSSOM , COBWEB , MOTH , MUSTARDSEED , fairies . Other fairies attending their King and Queen . Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta . SCENE : Athens , and a wood near it . ACT I ...
... queen of the fairies . PUCK , or Robin Goodfellow . PEASEBLOSSOM , COBWEB , MOTH , MUSTARDSEED , fairies . Other fairies attending their King and Queen . Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta . SCENE : Athens , and a wood near it . ACT I ...
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... queen , When the false Troyan under sail was seen , By all the vows that ever men have broke , In number more than ever women spoke , In that same place thou hast appointed me , To - morrow truly will I meet with thee . Lys . Keep ...
... queen , When the false Troyan under sail was seen , By all the vows that ever men have broke , In number more than ever women spoke , In that same place thou hast appointed me , To - morrow truly will I meet with thee . Lys . Keep ...
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... , over dale , Thorough bush , thorough brier , Over park , over pale , Thorough flood , thorough fire , I do wander every where , Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen , To dew her ACT II . SCENE I. II.
... , over dale , Thorough bush , thorough brier , Over park , over pale , Thorough flood , thorough fire , I do wander every where , Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen , To dew her ACT II . SCENE I. II.
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