The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: ComediesC. Knight, 1842 |
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... NIGHT'S DREAM . ' A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM ' was first printed in 1600. In that year there appeared two editions of the play ; -the one published by Thomas Fisher , a bookseller ; the other by James Roberts , a printer . The ...
... NIGHT'S DREAM . ' A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM ' was first printed in 1600. In that year there appeared two editions of the play ; -the one published by Thomas Fisher , a bookseller ; the other by James Roberts , a printer . The ...
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... Night's Dream ' to the year 1594. We are not disposed to object to this , — indeed we are inclined to believe that he has pretty exactly indicated the precise year , as far as it can be proved by one or two allusions which the play ...
... Night's Dream ' to the year 1594. We are not disposed to object to this , — indeed we are inclined to believe that he has pretty exactly indicated the precise year , as far as it can be proved by one or two allusions which the play ...
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... Night's Dream , ' and the Shakspere of thirty . We can understand these terms to apply to the unpruned luxuriance of the ' Venus and Adonis ; ' but the poetry of this piece , the almost continual rhyme , and even the poverty of the ...
... Night's Dream , ' and the Shakspere of thirty . We can understand these terms to apply to the unpruned luxuriance of the ' Venus and Adonis ; ' but the poetry of this piece , the almost continual rhyme , and even the poverty of the ...
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... Night's Dream : - " That a drama , of which the principal personages are thus insignificant , and the fable thus meagre and uninteresting , was one of our author's earliest compositions , does not , therefore , seem a very improbable ...
... Night's Dream : - " That a drama , of which the principal personages are thus insignificant , and the fable thus meagre and uninteresting , was one of our author's earliest compositions , does not , therefore , seem a very improbable ...
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... , fair Hermia , question your desires , Know of your youth , examine well your blood , Whether , if you yield not to your father's choice , You can endure the livery of a nun ; For 12 [ ACT I. A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
... , fair Hermia , question your desires , Know of your youth , examine well your blood , Whether , if you yield not to your father's choice , You can endure the livery of a nun ; For 12 [ ACT I. A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREAM .
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