 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 Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith.. - Page 437by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 480 pages
...was yours? JWer. That dreamers often lie. Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Mcr. 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...great plenty through the works of our admired Shakespeare. In the following description, which hatli been much celebrated, one sees he has had an eye to Virgil's thunderbolts. Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath Wn with you, She is the fancy's midwife ; and she comes, In shape no... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 604 pages
...Extravagant hyperbole is a weed that grows in great plenty through the works of our admired Shakspeare. In the following description, which hath been much...celebrated, one sees he has had an eye to Virgil's thunderbolti. " 0, then I see queen Mab hath been with yon. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she cornea... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...was yours ? Mer. That dreamers often lie. Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream tilings 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...my hopes in heaven do dwell. Bmrt '.III., Act lit. Scene Ir. QUEEN MAB, THE QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES.* O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes ! Ambition here mean* a criminal and Inordinate ambition, that endeavors... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 pages
...was yours 1 Mer. That dreamers often lie. 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 ; 13 and she comes pany advance, either with or without ropes, to draw him out. After... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 824 pages
...was yours ? MER. That dreamers often .lie. ROM. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. MEB. 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,... | |
 | James Clement Moffat - 1856 - 300 pages
...productions of the same mind. Thus, the following is an offspring of pure fancy, elegant as frost work. " 0, 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 forefinger of an alderman,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...yours? Mer. That dreamers often lie. Rom. In bed, asleep, while they do dream things true. Mer. 0, 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,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...age Have left me naked to mine enemies. MERCUTIO'S DESCRIPTION OF QUEEN MAB. Romeo and Juliet. OH, 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,... | |
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