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... SNOUT , and STARVELING come up severally or in pairs and gather beneath the oak - tree Bottom . Are we all met ? Quince . Pat , pat : and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal . This green plot shall be our stage , this ...
... SNOUT , and STARVELING come up severally or in pairs and gather beneath the oak - tree Bottom . Are we all met ? Quince . Pat , pat : and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal . This green plot shall be our stage , this ...
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... Snout . Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion ? Starveling . I fear it , I promise you . Bottom . Masters , you ought to consider with yourselves -to bring in ( God shield us ! ) a lion among ladies , is a most dreadful thing . For ...
... Snout . Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion ? Starveling . I fear it , I promise you . Bottom . Masters , you ought to consider with yourselves -to bring in ( God shield us ! ) a lion among ladies , is a most dreadful thing . For ...
Page 102
... Snout means nozzle or spout ( v . N.E.D. ' snout ' 4 ) , which suggests the tinker's trade in mending kettles ; Snug means ' compact , close - fitting , tight ' - a good name for a joiner ; and Flute , the bellows - mender , would of ...
... Snout means nozzle or spout ( v . N.E.D. ' snout ' 4 ) , which suggests the tinker's trade in mending kettles ; Snug means ' compact , close - fitting , tight ' - a good name for a joiner ; and Flute , the bellows - mender , would of ...
Contents
THE COPY FOR THE TEXT OF 1600 | 77 |
NOTES ΙΟΙ | 154 |
THE STAGEHISTORY | 160 |
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