| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 Seiten
...thou shall not from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, men were a certain number of youths, the sons of gentlemen, who stood or walked near the person of... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1826 - 144 Seiten
...Orciniana in sponda silet. " Thou rememberest " Since 1 once sat upon a promoutory, " And saw thee sitting on a Dolphin's back, " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath " That the rude sea grew civil to thy song." ZAPOTES. Bona verba ! carmina quse vultis cognoscite. In honorem Shakespearii cano et... | |
| 1826 - 546 Seiten
...beautiful and smooth piece pf melody, and to poetic dream recalls the memory of the Siren of old — » " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." "Master, say," a duet between Oberon and Puck, follows, and and is one of the prettiest things in the... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 Seiten
...acknowledged as such by all persons; hence the term civil may be applied figuratively in the same sense ; I heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song. SHAKSPEARE. Politeness varies with the fashions and... | |
| Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 Seiten
...tomillo silvestre, Donde crecen las prímulas y las cabeceantes violetas, 6. Obe. Thou rememb'rest / Since once I sat upon a promontory, / And heard a...stars shot madly from their spheres / To hear the sea maid's nu1sic? / Puck. I remember. / Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), / Flying... | |
| Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 Seiten
...and pedestrian. Oberon, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, ii, 1 , reminds Puck of such a rider: once 1 sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea maid's music. The dauphin, from the three dolphins on the coat-of-arms of the lords of the province... | |
| Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 Seiten
...profession. And who does not recognize in a flash the voice of Paul Harvey when it comes on the radio? . . . once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid,...song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres . . . Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2, 1 Voices of pleasant nature, spoken or sung, can definitely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2001 - 394 Seiten
...Shakespeare, the " Mermaid " herself. ' We come now to the last particular of the pageant : ' Shakespeare : "And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music." 'Laneham : "At last the Altitonant displaz me hiz mayn poour ; with blaz of burning darts, flying too... | |
| Alexander Leggatt - 2002 - 260 Seiten
...festivities organized for Elizabeth at Elvetham in 1591: OBERON My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remembr'est Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth,... | |
| G. Wilsin Knight - 2002 - 368 Seiten
...especially fine music-passages. The first is Oberon's: My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. (ui 148) This is a typical Shakespearian speech. 'Promontory' we meet again in fine and important passages... | |
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