 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 618 Seiten
...celebrated, one sees he has had an eye to Virgil's thunderbolts. Her waggon-spokes made of long spinner's legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The...of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonthine't tea fry beam*," &c. Even in describing fantastic beings there is a propriety to be observed... | |
 | John Bellenden Ker - 1840 - 330 Seiten
...one * in the dutch. " GRAS-HOPPERS eat up the green of a whole country." Bacon. " Her waggon spokes made of long spinners legs " The cover of the wings of GRASSHOPPERS." Sfmkesp. It is possible the term may be as,i/ras-oppc'r ; qe grass there off, taken from, eaten up... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 Seiten
...tides in the atmosphere, as well as in the sea, is the opinion of several eminent modern philosophers. Drawn with a team of little atomies* Athwart men's...smallest spider's web; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams: Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film: Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1990 - 292 Seiten
...empty hazelnut 60 Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, Her traces of the smallest spider web, 65 Her collars of the moonshine's watery beams, Her whip of... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 Seiten
...an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Over men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, Her traces of the smallest spider web, Her collars of the moonshine's wat'ry beams, Her whip of cricket's... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...She is ihe fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger icks it with her tongue. I sha'n't be gone long. — You come too. (1. 5-8) Provide, Provide 88 watery beams, Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film, Her waggoner a small grey-coated gnat,... | |
 | Simon LeVay - 1994 - 196 Seiten
...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 as they lie asleep; Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces, of the... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1993 - 370 Seiten
...561-62]. These filmy threads form a part of the equipage of Mab: "Her waggon spokes are made of spiders legs, / The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, / The traces of the smallest spider's web" [Romeo and Juliet, I.iv.59-61]. Juliet, too, in anxiously waiting for the silent arrival of her lover,... | |
 | Matthew C. Field - 1995 - 372 Seiten
...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." — Act I, scene 4. pine and scrubby oak formed a singularly pleasing contrast to the lofty and majestic... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 Seiten
...alderman, Drawn with a team of Unte atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her wagon-spokes ips too; for I am well assured That I did so when...citizens of Angiers, ope your gates, Let in that amity watery beams; Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film; Her wagoner, a small gray-coated gnat,... | |
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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 as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners... 
