This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...wakest, if she be by, Beg of her for remedy. Re-enter Puck. Puck. Captain of our fairy band, 110 Helena is here at hand; And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant' see? Lord, what fools these mortals be! Obe. Stand aside: the noise they make Will cause ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...wakest, if she be by, Beg of her for remedy. Re-enter Puck. Puck. Captain of our fairy band, 110 Helena is here at hand; And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant' see? Lord, what fools these mortals be! Obe. Stand aside: the noise they make Will cause Demetrius to awake. Puck. Then will two at once woo one: That must needs " be sport alone;' And those things do best please me 120 That befal preposterously.10 1 In anticipation of the time when she appears. 5 The Tartars were famous for their skill with the bow. s The love-in-idleness, the pansy. See Act II., Sc. i., 1. 171. 6 The ball of the eye. 6 Follows her, pleading to be accepted as her lover. 'The foolish spectacle they present. 8 Must necessarily be. 'Unparalleled. 10 Here, "misplaced, out of the natural or reasonable course." Enter Lysander and Helena. Lts. Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Scorn and derision never come in tears: Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born, In their nativity all truth appears.1 How can these things in me seem scorn to you, Bearing the badge ' of faith, to prove them true? Hel. You do advance your cunning more and more.3 When truth kills truth, O devilish-holy fray!4 These vows are Hermia's: will you give her o'er? Weigh oath with oath, and you will nothing weigh:6 131 Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, Will even weigh; and both as light as tales.' Lys. I had no judgement when to her I swore. Hel. Nor none, in my mind, ' now you give her o'er." Lys. Demetrius loves her, and he loves not you. Dem. Atvaking. O Helen, goddess, nymph, perfect, di-vine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?8 1 That is, "Men born in this way, that have this origin, appear true from their very...
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Add this copy of Shakespere's a Midsummer Night's Dream to cart. $38.96, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Sagwan Press.
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