 | 1841 - 884 pages
...Shakspeare thus speaks of her : — " Oh I 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 forefinger of an alderman, Drawn by a team of little atomies Across men's noses as they He asleep. Her waggon spokes made of long spinners'... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...energy of mind. They are, for the most part, generalisations of well-known classes in daily life. " Queen Mab hath been with you : She is the fairies'...Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep. • # # * # Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat ; Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...liveries : and the 'mazed world, By their increase,** now knows not which is which. 7— ii. 2. 140 I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies'...an agate- stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, * Petty. t Banks which contain them. 1 A game played by boys. § That the moon does create tides in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 82 pages
...hath been with you. [ Returning to C. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes, Scant — scarce. In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the fore-finger...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, of... | |
 | 1839 - 588 pages
...energy of mind. They are, for the most part, generalisations of well-known classes in daily life. " Queen Mab hath been with you : She is the fairies'...an agate stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, i Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep. • # # * # Her waggoner,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...liveries : and the 'mazed world, By their increase,** now knows not which is which. 7— ii. 2. 140 I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies'...she comes In shape no bigger than an agate- stone I On the forefinger of an alderman, ••'. * Petty. t Banks which contain them. ] A game played by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 530 pages
...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 ; 9 and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman,3 Drawn... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...hath been with you. She ia the fairies1 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 nosea as they lie asleep ; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinner's legs ; The cover, of the winga... | |
 | Eugene Stiles - Fairies - 1995 - 99 pages
...1832-1906) The Fairy's Barque, c. 1860 Oil, 10V.«12'Am Private collflcJiart O then, I see Queen AAob hath been with you She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes. In shape no bigger than on ogate-stone On the forefinger of an olderman, Drown with a team of little atomies, > Over men's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...MBRCUTIO. That dreamers often lie. ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO. rable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome,...ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Cxs agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of Unte atomies Athwart men's noses... | |
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Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's watery beams... 
