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Page xxviii
... fairies in the fifth act make a handsome compliment to the queen , in her palace of Windsor , who had obliged him to write a play of Sir John Falstaff in love , and which I am very well assured he per- formed in a fortnight ; a ...
... fairies in the fifth act make a handsome compliment to the queen , in her palace of Windsor , who had obliged him to write a play of Sir John Falstaff in love , and which I am very well assured he per- formed in a fortnight ; a ...
Page xxx
... fairy's speech to the Queen at Windsor is replaced in the Quarto by some wretched lines , more suitable for a London stage . So that the play that was produced for the Queen , and that she was so pleased with , was not the wretched ...
... fairy's speech to the Queen at Windsor is replaced in the Quarto by some wretched lines , more suitable for a London stage . So that the play that was produced for the Queen , and that she was so pleased with , was not the wretched ...
Page xl
... fairies , who were undoubtedly children . And these children of Windsor were so well skilled , that her Majesty had them up to London : " Quint ffabi [ Four Sons of Fabius ' ] playd by the children of Wyñsor ffor Mr. ffarrant on Twelfe ...
... fairies , who were undoubtedly children . And these children of Windsor were so well skilled , that her Majesty had them up to London : " Quint ffabi [ Four Sons of Fabius ' ] playd by the children of Wyñsor ffor Mr. ffarrant on Twelfe ...
Page li
... as Queen Elizabeth's Walk . Which pit , it is suggested , is where the fairies hid themselves . This pit is supposed by Davis to be identical with certain " chalk- pits " in the Little Park of Windsor mentioned in INTRODUCTION li.
... as Queen Elizabeth's Walk . Which pit , it is suggested , is where the fairies hid themselves . This pit is supposed by Davis to be identical with certain " chalk- pits " in the Little Park of Windsor mentioned in INTRODUCTION li.
Page lii
... fairies were couched , since it is stated in the play to be a saw - pit . Are chalk - pits avail- able as saw - pits ? All this matter , however , is tradition , tradition which arose out of the popular play , and apparently ...
... fairies were couched , since it is stated in the play to be a saw - pit . Are chalk - pits avail- able as saw - pits ? All this matter , however , is tradition , tradition which arose out of the popular play , and apparently ...
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Page 38 - Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8 who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Page 202 - Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet...
Page lxvii - The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with a will to corrupt, hath the power to please ; and that neither wit nor honesty ought to think themselves safe with such a companion, when they see Henry seduced by Falstaff.
Page x - ... of Auncient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene diuers times Acted by the right Honorable my lord Chamberlaines seruants. Both before her Maiestie, and else-where. London Printed by TC for Arthur Johnson, and are to be sold at his shop in Powles Church-yard, at the signe of the Flower de Leuse and the Crowne. 1602.