Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English WritersKerslake, 1875 - 426 pages |
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... queen was Titania . Both are mentioned by Shakespeare , being personages of no little importance in the above play , where they in an ill - humour thus encounter- " Obe . Ill met by moonlight , proud TITANIA . Tita . What , jealous ...
... queen was Titania . Both are mentioned by Shakespeare , being personages of no little importance in the above play , where they in an ill - humour thus encounter- " Obe . Ill met by moonlight , proud TITANIA . Tita . What , jealous ...
Page 23
... Queen MAB hath been with you , She is the fairies ' midwife , and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate - stone ... Queen and Prince at Althrope , " in 1603 , describes to come tripping up the lawn a bevy of fairies attending on MAB ...
... Queen MAB hath been with you , She is the fairies ' midwife , and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate - stone ... Queen and Prince at Althrope , " in 1603 , describes to come tripping up the lawn a bevy of fairies attending on MAB ...
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... queen is thus characterised by a satyr- " This is MAB , the mistress fairy , That doth nightly rob the dairy , And can hurt or help the churning ( As she please ) , without discerning . She that pinches country wenches , If they rub not ...
... queen is thus characterised by a satyr- " This is MAB , the mistress fairy , That doth nightly rob the dairy , And can hurt or help the churning ( As she please ) , without discerning . She that pinches country wenches , If they rub not ...
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... Queen Titania's maids- of - honour , to conceal themselves in acorn - shells . Speaking of a difference between the king and queen , she says- " But they do square ; that all their elves for fear , Creep into acorn cups , and hide them ...
... Queen Titania's maids- of - honour , to conceal themselves in acorn - shells . Speaking of a difference between the king and queen , she says- " But they do square ; that all their elves for fear , Creep into acorn cups , and hide them ...
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... queen , in silence sad , Trip we after the night's shade , We the globe can compass soon , Swifter than the wand'ring moon . " 1 Otia Imperialia , d . i . c . xvii . This is what is now called the nightmare . T In another place Puck ...
... queen , in silence sad , Trip we after the night's shade , We the globe can compass soon , Swifter than the wand'ring moon . " 1 Otia Imperialia , d . i . c . xvii . This is what is now called the nightmare . T In another place Puck ...
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Artour blode child Claia commaund dæmon dance dayes doth Dream drinke elves eyes fair fairies fayre fayries feare feyre forto Gerames Gervase of Tilbury give gode gold grace grete hath heard horne horse Jocastus king Arthur king Oberon knyzt kyng lady laughing lond lord maid marvaile mayde merry Midsummer Night's Dream Mopsus mortal mother never night noble nymphs o'er pinch pray Puck Queen Mab quene quoth Huon quoth Oberon Reginald Scot Robin Good-fellow round ryche ryde sayd schall sche seyde shal shalbe shalt shee shew sing Sir Gawen song speake spirits stede sweet syr Launfal TALE thee ther things Thomas told Tom Thumb unther unto wende whan whyt wold woman wood word wyll wyth