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" True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and ... - Page 29
by William Shakespeare - 1765
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio^ peace ; Thou talk's! of nothing. Mer, True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle braiir, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 480 pages
...them women of good carriage.8 This, this is she — ROM. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. MER. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooel Even...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...has arisen from his not having understood the following lines-, and which must be pointed thus : " I talk of dreams, " Which are the children of an idle brain, " Begot of nothing : but vain fantasie. " The construction is : " Dreams are begotten of nothing : [they are] but vain fantasie !...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 9

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...Fr. phantnfa, Lat. f«.T«-,«.] j. Fancy ; imagination ; th.e power of im.'.giniiig. See FAH^V.— J talk of dreams, Which are the children of an. idle brain, Begot of nothing but ytinfuvtafyi Which is as thin of fubilance as the air, And more uuconft.int than the wind, &hak. He...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...short, the farce of dreams is of a piece, Chimeras all ; and more absurd or less. And Shakspeare again : I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain phantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the airr And more inconstant than the wind. Nor must Milton...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...again. This is that very Mab. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Horn. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mcrcutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. I True, I talk of dreams i Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy i ' Which is as thin of substance as the airi And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...(^)This, this is she— (||) " RoM. Peace, peace, (||)Mercutio, peace ;(||) Thou talk'st of nothing. MEK. True, I talk of dreams : Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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