| William Shakespeare - 1773 - 630 pages
...reading of the old Rom. —In bed afleep; while they do dream things true s. Mer. + O, then, I fee, Queen Mab has been with you. She is the Fairies' midwife^ and fhe comes 3 I* the quarto 1597, after the firft line of Mercutio's fpeech, Romeo fays, ^uccn Mab, ••what''s... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...often lye. Rom. In bed asleep ; while they do dream things true. Mer. 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, Drawa with a team of little atomies >Athwart men's... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...turn, and the deficient fight Tapple down headlong! King Lear, A. 4. Sc..6. DR. EA M :;. O, then I fee Queen Mab has been with you,-. She is the fairies midwife ; and fhe comes, . In fhape no bigger than an agate ilone . On the fore^finger of an alderman, , Drawn with... | |
| William Cook - 1804 - 468 pages
...recollection a part of the poetical and beautiful description we' allude to. .., " Ha! ha! a dream. 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 ' • '. , ••_•<••... | |
| 1805 - 456 pages
...recollection a part of the poetical and beautiful description we allude to. " Ha ! ha ! a dream. Oh ! then, I see Queen Mab has been with you : She is the Fancy's midwife, and she comes, In shape no higger than an agate stone On the fore -finger of an alderman,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...asleep ; while they do dream thinpt true. [y°uÌåã. Î, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with 5he is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agat stone Ýï the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies " Athwart men's... | |
| Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 pages
...not go to-night. Mer. Why, may one ask ? Rom. I dream'da dream last night. Mer. Ha ! ha ! a dream ? O, 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,... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...go to-night. Mer. Why, may one ask ? , Rom. I dream'da dream last night. Mer. Ha !, ha ! a dream ? O, 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,... | |
| George Dyer - 1812 - 240 pages
...popular superstitions of the place where the scene lies, or the time in which Shakspeare lived : 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,... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...persons who are to judge the king, but persons appointed by him to jud^e his subjects. STEEV. " 0, then, I see, Queen Mab has been with you. " She is the fancy's midwife, and she comes " In shape," &c. I am of opinion that " midwife" is not the poet's word;... | |
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