The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a life of the poet and notes, Volume 2 |
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... mind did lose it . But , Demetrius , come , And come , Egeus ; you shall go with me ; I have some private schooling for you both.— For you , fair Hermia , look you arm yourself To fit your fancies to your father's will ; Or else the law ...
... mind did lose it . But , Demetrius , come , And come , Egeus ; you shall go with me ; I have some private schooling for you both.— For you , fair Hermia , look you arm yourself To fit your fancies to your father's will ; Or else the law ...
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... minds we will unfold . To - morrow night , when Phoebe doth behold Her silver visage in the watery glass , Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass , ( A time that lovers ' flights doth still conceal , ) Through Athens ' gates have we ...
... minds we will unfold . To - morrow night , when Phoebe doth behold Her silver visage in the watery glass , Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass , ( A time that lovers ' flights doth still conceal , ) Through Athens ' gates have we ...
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... mind , And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind . Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste ; Wings , and no eyes , figure unheedy haste ; And therefore is love said to be a child , Because in choice he is so oft beguiled . As ...
... mind , And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind . Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste ; Wings , and no eyes , figure unheedy haste ; And therefore is love said to be a child , Because in choice he is so oft beguiled . As ...
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... of body and dulness of mind . 4 A changeling was a child changed by a fairy : it here means one stolen or got in exchange . 5 Shining . 6 Quarrel . Called Robin Good - fellow . Are you not he 16 [ ACT II . MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... of body and dulness of mind . 4 A changeling was a child changed by a fairy : it here means one stolen or got in exchange . 5 Shining . 6 Quarrel . Called Robin Good - fellow . Are you not he 16 [ ACT II . MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
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... - ing . Let no suspicion of ill enter thy mind . " This word here means the same as if she had said , " Now ill befall my manners , " & c . And here the maiden , sleeping sound , On the 26 [ ACT II . MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... - ing . Let no suspicion of ill enter thy mind . " This word here means the same as if she had said , " Now ill befall my manners , " & c . And here the maiden , sleeping sound , On the 26 [ ACT II . MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
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Page 289 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 20 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 273 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 165 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 175 - If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.