...and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the fore finger of an Alderman ; Drawn by a team of little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; Her waggon spokes, made of long spinner's legs : The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of...

...plastic, the pliant, and the indefinite. She leaves it to Fancy to describe Queen Mab as coming, " In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an Alderman." Having to speak of stature, she does not tell you that her gigantic Angel was as tall as Pompey's Pillar;...

...and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the fore finger of an Alderman ; Drawn by a team of little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; Her waggon spokes, made of long spinners' legs : The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces,...

...description, which hath been much celebrated, one sees he has had an eye to Virgil's thunder-bolts. 0, then I see queen Mab hath 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,...

...solemn admonition and warning into his soul, " young man, WILL IT WASH ?" THE WALNUT-TREE CABINET. Oh then I see Queen Mab hath been with you : She is the fairies' midwife. ROMEO AND JUI.IKT. HE who quits London in the spring, leaves balls, scientific socialities, dinners,...

...description, which hath been much celebrated, one sees he has had an eye to Virgil's thunderbolts. O, then I see queen Mab hath been with you. She is the faney's midwife, and she comea In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman,...

...? MER. That dreamers often lie. RoM. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MER. O, then7, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife 8 ; and she comes * Quarto A, inserts Romeo. fore that ignorant transcribers should have confounded...

...nocturnal vagaries. Our great dramatic bard, Shakspeare, excels all others on this subject, — Oh ! then I see Queen Mab hath 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;...

...was yours ? 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 ; and she comes In shape no higger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies3...

...was yours? 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' midwife5 ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman,...