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... were gifted with nearly the same attributes as the Bright Elves and the Swart Elves ; though , in eastern fairy- land , we no where encounter so merry , mischievous a sprite as the Brownie of Scotland , or the Puck of Shakspeare .
... were gifted with nearly the same attributes as the Bright Elves and the Swart Elves ; though , in eastern fairy- land , we no where encounter so merry , mischievous a sprite as the Brownie of Scotland , or the Puck of Shakspeare .
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His very Puck , his " Lob of spirits , " - he who delights in " things that befall preposterously , " in his hands , is not the " lubber fiend ; " he is the " merry wanderer of the night , " the genius of harmless mirth and mischief .
His very Puck , his " Lob of spirits , " - he who delights in " things that befall preposterously , " in his hands , is not the " lubber fiend ; " he is the " merry wanderer of the night , " the genius of harmless mirth and mischief .
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... legs - white shirt , richly spangled - blue gauze drapery , spangled - jewelled head - dress - belt -silver sandals . TITANIA . - Blue ganze dress , with silver - spangled trimming- robe of same - jewelled coronet - sandals , PUCK .
... legs - white shirt , richly spangled - blue gauze drapery , spangled - jewelled head - dress - belt -silver sandals . TITANIA . - Blue ganze dress , with silver - spangled trimming- robe of same - jewelled coronet - sandals , PUCK .
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... King of the Fairies Titania , Queen of the Fairies Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , a Fairy Peas - blossom , First Fairy Cobweb , Second Fairy Moth , Third Fairy Mustard - seed , Fourth Fairy Fifth Fairy Sixth Fairy • · Mr. Conway .
... King of the Fairies Titania , Queen of the Fairies Puck , or Robin Goodfellow , a Fairy Peas - blossom , First Fairy Cobweb , Second Fairy Moth , Third Fairy Mustard - seed , Fourth Fairy Fifth Fairy Sixth Fairy • · Mr. Conway .
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Enter a Fairy at R. D. , and PUCK at L. D. Puck . ( L. ) How now , spirit ! whither wander you ? Fai . ( R. ) Over hill , over dale . Thorough bush , thorough briar , Over park , over pale , Thorough flood , thorough fire , I do wander ...
Enter a Fairy at R. D. , and PUCK at L. D. Puck . ( L. ) How now , spirit ! whither wander you ? Fai . ( R. ) Over hill , over dale . Thorough bush , thorough briar , Over park , over pale , Thorough flood , thorough fire , I do wander ...
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| Title | Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 20 Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, John Cumberland |
| Editors | George Daniel, John Cumberland |
| Illustrated by | Robert Cruikshank |
| Publisher | J. Cumberland, 1828 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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