Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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Page 59
... rest : the man should be put into the lanthorn . How is it else the man i ' the moon ? Dem . He dares not come there for the candle ; for , you see , it is already in snuff . 241 Hip . I am aweary of this moon : would he would change ...
... rest : the man should be put into the lanthorn . How is it else the man i ' the moon ? Dem . He dares not come there for the candle ; for , you see , it is already in snuff . 241 Hip . I am aweary of this moon : would he would change ...
Page 64
... rest . 400 Trip away ; make no stay ; Meet me all by break of day . [ Exeunt Oberon , Titania and train . Puck . If we shadows have offended , Think but this , and all is mended , That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did ...
... rest . 400 Trip away ; make no stay ; Meet me all by break of day . [ Exeunt Oberon , Titania and train . Puck . If we shadows have offended , Think but this , and all is mended , That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did ...
Page 76
... rest who are faint and weary . This proleptic use of the adjective is common in Shakespeare . Compare Troilus and Cressida , i . 3. 147 : With him Patroclus Upon a lazy bed the livelong day Breaks scurril jests . " And As You Like It ...
... rest who are faint and weary . This proleptic use of the adjective is common in Shakespeare . Compare Troilus and Cressida , i . 3. 147 : With him Patroclus Upon a lazy bed the livelong day Breaks scurril jests . " And As You Like It ...
Page 81
... rest ? • < Luc . All the regiment of ' em , or I'll break my bowstrings . ' In this case the bowstrings are the strings of the bow of a musical instru- ment . For an illustration of Capell's note , see Much Ado about Nothing , iii . 2 ...
... rest ? • < Luc . All the regiment of ' em , or I'll break my bowstrings . ' In this case the bowstrings are the strings of the bow of a musical instru- ment . For an illustration of Capell's note , see Much Ado about Nothing , iii . 2 ...
Page 132
... rest kneel to Theseus . ' 144. To sleep & c . For the omission of ' as ' after ' so ' see Abbott , § 281 , As You Like It , ii . 3. 7 , and The Merchant of Venice , iii . 3. 10 . 145. amazedly , confusedly ; in a state of astonishment ...
... rest kneel to Theseus . ' 144. To sleep & c . For the omission of ' as ' after ' so ' see Abbott , § 281 , As You Like It , ii . 3. 7 , and The Merchant of Venice , iii . 3. 10 . 145. amazedly , confusedly ; in a state of astonishment ...
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