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... Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Стр. 223авторы: John Timbs - 1829Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1824 - Страниц: 486
...court of justice, is on •••'• " Lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees •" You are " In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little attornies*,". _ ,• ' Mr. Soane has made no provision for your material nature, except you are subpoanaed,... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - Страниц: 846
...finish our account with Shakespeare's inimitable description of Queen Mab the Queen of Fairies : — She is the Fairies' midwife; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - Страниц: 440
...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...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; . Her waggon-spokes made of long spinner's 4egs ; The coverj of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces;, of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1825 - Страниц: 936
...She Is the fairies' midwife ; and ehe comea In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-lluger of an alderman, Drawn with 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 wing» of grasshoppers ; The trace»,... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - Страниц: 782
...established in Kugland. QUECN »AB. She i . the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bisrcer than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman,...Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's nosos as thev lie asleep : 1 1er waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The jover, of the win^s... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - Страниц: 642
...ip 208. " The quarto of 1597 reads, ' Three times a day;' and right wits instead of five. wits. Mer. O , then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife I3 ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman '*, Drawn... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - Страниц: 540
...to superfluous actions in general, occurs again in The Merry Wives of Windsor. See vol. ip 208. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife 13 ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman ]4 , Drawn... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - Страниц: 554
...to superfluous actions in general, occurs again in The Merry Wives of Windlor. See vol. ip 208. Mer. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife13; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman14,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1827 - Страниц: 658
...discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. ON DREAMS. O, then, I see, queen Mab hath heen with yon. She is the Fairies' midwife; and she comes In shape...they lie asleep : • Her wagon-spokes made of long spinner's legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces of the smallest spider's web; The... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - Страниц: 362
...tears: What is it else? a madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. ON DREAMS. 0, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is...an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies* J Athwart men's noses as thev lie asleep: Her wagon-spokes made of long spinner's legs; The cover,... | |
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