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... The Plays - Page 21by William Shakespeare - 1824Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...custom to s:re\v rooms with rushes. * This is equivalent to phrases in common use — / ant Jane for, Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true....fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies5 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...dream things true. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife i3; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone...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 - 1807 - 374 pages
...Why, may one ask ? ROM. I dreamt a dream to-night. Mer. And so did I. Rom. Well, what was yours ? \ Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true....atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grashoppers ; The traces, of... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...SHAKSPEARS. - ' ' CHAP. XXIII. "&UEEN MAB. O THEN I see Queen MaJi hath been with you. She is the fancy's midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an...of long spinners' legs; The cover of the wings of grashoppers ; The traces of the smallest spider's web ; The collars of the moonshine's watery beams... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...sits Five times in that, ere once in our five wits. Rom. And we mean well, in going to this mask j But 'tis no wit to go. Mer. Why, may one ask ? Rom....with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as ihey lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...Rom. And we mean well, in going to this mask ; But 'tis no wit to go. Mer. Why, may one ask ? Rom. 1 dreamt a dream to-night. Mer. And so did I. Rom. Well,...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 - 1818 - 378 pages
...sink. 7 A scare-crow, a figure made up to frighten crows. * A dance. 9 A torch-bearer was a constant Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true....of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies 3 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs The cover,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...yours ? Mer. That dreamers often lie. Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Мег. О, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long-spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grashoppers ; The traces, of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 pages
...to Virgil's thunderbolts. VOL. in. 14 O, then I see queen Mah hath been with you. She is the fancy's midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an...Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs. The corer, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 486 pages
...had an eye to Virgil's thunder-bolts. 0, then I see queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fancy's midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an...as they lie asleep : Her waggon spokes made of long spinner's legs ; Tl»,e cover, of the wings of grasshoppers : The traces, of the smallest spider's... | |
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