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" And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.... "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's ... - Page 105
by William Shakespeare - 1811
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Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of ...

Elizabeth Elkins Sanders - 1841 - 218 pages
...all arm'd ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 pages
...Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It...
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The First Sketch of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) - 1842 - 562 pages
...precious stones, of which it aboundeth more than all other countries of the world." ACT II. Sc. 2. " Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell...love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness." " Viola tricolor, hart's ease ; herba Trinitatis, herba clavellata, paunsies, love-in-idlenes." —...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 582 pages
...the wat'ry moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd 1 where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little...And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower ; the herb I show'd thee once : The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid, Will make or man or...
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine

1854 - 350 pages
...from either of the above classical tales. In " Midsummer Night's Dream," act ii. sc. ii. — Ober. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell...now purple with love's wound ; And maidens call it love and idleness." It is surely not necessary to interpret, that in the maiden's vocabulary love signifies...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...all arm'd : A certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft lation here, Unseen, unvisited, much to our shame....pastimes here, and pleasant game ; A mess of Russians tile imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free* Yet mark'd I where the bolt of...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little...And maidens call it Love-in-Idleness. Fetch me that flower : the herb I shewed thee once : The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid, Will make or man or...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...all arm'd ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.2 Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell...And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower ; the herb I show'd thee once : The juice of it, on sleeping eyelids laid, Will make or man...
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Waverley Novels: Vol. 6, Volume 6

Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...Cupid, all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred...Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery mouti ; And the imperial vot'rese passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free." The voice of...
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