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" The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was. I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream : it shall be called Bottom's Dream... "
Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical - Page 54
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An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors ...

Frederick Nolan - 1810 - 396 pages
...methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to...Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream."— Act iv. sc. 1. Thus it is not to be disputed, that Shakespeare has not only had so much respect to...
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Twelfth-night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to...ballad of this dream : it shall be called Bottom's 8 And I have found Dtmetrius like a jewel, AfiW own, and not mine own.] Helen* mean* to say, that having...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 452 pages
...methonghtl had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen; man's hand is not ahle to taste, his tongue. to conceive, nor his heart to...what my dream was. I will get Peter Quince to write a hallad of this dream: it shall he called Bottom's Dream, hecanse it hath no hottom ; and I will sing...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, cor his heart to report, what my dream was. Twill get Peter Quince to write a ballad of <this dream:...called Bottom's Dream, because it hath no bottom ; and [ will stug it in the latter end of a play, before the duke : Feradventure, to make it the mure gracious,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to...more gracious, I shall sing it at her death.* [Exit. [3j patched foal,'] That is, a fool in a particolour'd coat. JOHN. [4] He means the death of Thiste,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...what my dream was. I will cet Prier Цпшсс tu write a ballad of this dream : it »hall Ucalled Bottom's Dream, because it hath no bottom ; and I will sing it in the latter end of a play, before tJi*. duke: Pcradventure, tu make it tbc more graci*nu, I shall sing it at her death. SCEFE It*—...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 442 pages
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 344 pages
...methough'v. I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to...called Bottom's Dream, because it hath no bottom ; and 1 will sing it in the latter end of a play, before the duke : Peradventiire, to make it the more gracious,...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 2

John Nichols - Authors, English - 1817 - 874 pages
...allude to, if not a raillery on the passage before us. But, perhaps, you may give me better light. Ibid. And I will sing it in the latter end of a play before...it the more gracious, I shall sing it at her death. At her death! — At whose? In all Bottom's speech there is not the least mention of any she-creature,...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...and methought I had, — But man is but a patched fool, if he will offer to say what methought I had. I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this...more gracious, I shall sing it at her death. [Exit. SCENE II. Athens. A Room in Quince's House, Enter QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING.. Quin. Have...
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