 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 as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...  The Harvard Classics - Page 3221909Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...208. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife13; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman14, Drawn with a team of little atomies15 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 416 pages
...the reverse of these, are the desires and demands of the Imagination. She recoils from every thing but the plastic, the pliant, and the indefinite. She...an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an Alderman." a 6 Having to speak of stature, she does not tell you that her gigantic Angel was as tall as Pompey's... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...Fancy to describe Queen Slab as coming, ID -lt!i]n' no bififlor Ihnn an aftate-«tODe On the fore-Dagor of an Alderman. Having to speak of stature, she does...Angel was as tall as Pompey's Pillar; much less that be was twelve cubits , or twelve hundred cubits lii(;li ; or dial his dimensions equalled those of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...true. Her. 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 wagon-spokes made of... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...DCCCCXXXIII. Mer. O, then I see; queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fames' midwife; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an aldennan, Drawn with a team of little atomics Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon-spokes... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1830 - 262 pages
...Imagination. " O, then, I see, Queen Mab has 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 as they lie asleep ; Her waggon-spokes made... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...true. Mar. 0, then, I see, queen M«b halb been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and «he comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an old alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies' Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1833 - 396 pages
...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 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : * " Mab," says Voss, one... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...! QUEEN MAE. OH, then, I see Queen Mab has been with you, She is the fancy's 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, made... | |
 | William Howard Gardiner - 1834 - 82 pages
...rather a combination of machines ; and, pointing out minute portions of its organized substance, some " In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman," confidently declare, that this little structure contains all the delicate watchwork which tunes the... | |
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