O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes... Chambers's readings in English poetry - Page 25de Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 442 pages
...name of MAB, though no one, except Drayton, mentions her as the wife of OBERON — " O then, I see, Queen MAB hath been with you, She is the fairies'...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1967 - 308 pages
...That dreamers often lie. ROMEO In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses... | |
| Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...Romeo's protest aside with an impromptu interpretation of his supposed dream. Mercutio: O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies, midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Over men's noses as... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...LiTB; NOBE; OBSC; PoEL-2 Romeo and Juliet 141 O, then, I see Queen Mab halh been wilh you. She is ihe fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother....long. — You come too. (1. 5-8) Provide, Provide 88 waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs. The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the... | |
| Simon LeVay - 1994 - 196 pages
...Institute for paying more than lip service to the notion of academic freedom. Introduction O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses... | |
| Matthew C. Field - 1995 - 372 pages
...low thickets of 69 Mab the fairy queen, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is a busy midwife : ". . . Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the Fairies'...little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep." — Act I, scene 4. pine and scrubby oak formed a singularly pleasing contrast to the lofty and majestic... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...dreamers often lie. ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO. O, then, I see ath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms...ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar Unte atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners' legs;... | |
| Robert Mattson - 1997 - 132 pages
...yours? MERCUTIO. That dreamers often lie. ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. 27 She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape...of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses as they lie asleep; And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains,... | |
| Anne Ludlum - 1998 - 84 pages
...of her daughters and performs the following speech as if she were addressing young children.) I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies'...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1998 - 290 pages
...That dreamers often lie. ROMEO In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses... | |
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