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" Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. "
Shakespearean Quotations: Apt Quotations from the Great Poet on a Thousand ... - Page 153
by William Shakespeare - 1910 - 221 pages
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Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale, Volume 3

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1818 - 312 pages
...Lord Rosbrin's grasp. " Rememberest thou," proceeded .Lord Rosbrin, emphatically, "rememberest thou, since once I sat upon a promontory, and heard a mermaid,...harmonious breath, that the rude sea grew civil at her song ?" " Why, then, upon my credit, I can't say I do,'' returned Crawley, with another impatient effort...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...torment thee for this injury. — s My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remepber'st Since once I sat upov a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their sphere!, To hear the sea-maid's musick. 1'nck. I remember. О/и . That very time I saw, (but thou...
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Rome, in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of ..., Volume 3

Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820 - 448 pages
...a dolphin's back, Uttering such pleasing and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at his song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the minstrefs music." Poetry apart, however, Arion on the Dolphin's back, is a beautiful painting, by Romanelli....
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember 'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres. To hear the sea-maid's musick 9. woman who walks forward must follow her womb. The absurdity is avoided by leaving the v/ord—...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 476 pages
...from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither: thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musie. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 47

1836 - 570 pages
...politics on record; but it shows that he entertained the same mixed notion of the mermaid and siren. " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music." Midsummer Night's Dream. A siren then, in the modern sense of the word, may be regarded as a mermaid...
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The Etonian

1820 - 696 pages
...and there, indeed, let him name bis name, and tell them plainly be is " GM ELLEN : A SIMPLE TALE. " A mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet...breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." SHAKSPEABK. ABOUT six years ago I was staying at , a watering-place on the Sussex coast. It was one...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...PLACES, When the glass fell, wherein they view'd their faces.] So, in A Midsummer-Night's Dream : " the rude sea grew civil at her song, " And certain...madly from their spheres, " To hear the sea-maid's musick." Why, Priam's palace, however beautiful or magnificent, should be called the mirrour in which...
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The Etonian, Volume 2

1821 - 456 pages
...there, indeed, let him name his name, and tell them plainly he GM ' ELLEN : .-' A SIMPLE TALE. . — " A mermaid on a dolphin's back. Uttering such dulcet...harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at ber song." SHAKSPEARE. ABOUT six years ago I was staying at — . .. , a watering-place on the Sussex...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 pages
...substantive, being apparently used, in an earlier instance, as a trisyllable. STEEVENS. y — Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, PUCK. I remember. OBE. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Uttering such dulcet and harmonious...
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