 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 American Whig Review - Page 1191846Full view - About this book
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...big as a round litlle worm Prick'd from ihe lazy finger of a maid; (I, iv) FaPON; FiP; LiTB; WSC 142 ld or flowery mead. (1. 9-14) AA; AWP; HelP; InvP; NOBA; NoP; OBEV; OxBA; PoE; PoRA; Prim; Son; TAP Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the... | |
 | Richard Courtney - Drama - 1995 - 274 pages
...Mercutio answers with his Queen Mab speech; dreams, he says, reveal the wishes of the dreamer. They are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. (Romeo and Juliet, I.iv.97-98) Imagination provides the dream with content, which consists of the events... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...of good carriage: This is she— Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. MERCUTIO. nter HVKSE and her man PETER. О honey nurse, what news? Hast thou met with him? Send thy man Which is as thin of substance as the air; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the... | |
 | J. W. Wickwar - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 178 pages
...then they dream of love: Romeo. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talkest of nothing. Mercutio. 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 inconsistent than the wind. . The mind, ever restive,... | |
 | Arthur Graham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 244 pages
...children/ posture/moral conduct Romeo. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. Mercutio. 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 woos Even now the... | |
 | Joe Calarco - Drama - 1999 - 84 pages
...Student 2 and holds him.) STU. 1 (R). Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace. Thou talk'st of nothing. STU. 3 (M). 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 woos Even now the frozen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 290 pages
...carriage. This is she ROMEO Peace, peace, Merendo, peacel Thou talkest of nothing. MERCUTIO Trae. I talkof dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing bul vain fantasy; Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who... | |
 | Margaret Earley Whitt - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 284 pages
...when he goes into detail of the previous evening's dream. Mercutio agrees with Romeo — that dreams "are the children of an idle brain / Begot of nothing but vain fantasy." Shakespeare's use of the word begot resonates perfectly with the shadows who begot through Cora Lee... | |
 | J. D. Robb - Fiction - 2001 - 372 pages
...the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book." SEDUCTION IN DEATH True, I talk of dreams. Which are the children of an idle brain. Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. — William Shakespeare Yet each man kills the thing he loves. By each let this be heard. Some do it... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Lindsay Price - 2001 - 44 pages
...chariot is an empty hazel-nut... ROMEO: Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. MERCUTIO: 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 that wind 'tis: It is BENVOLIO:... | |
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