...'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true. I never may beb'eve These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers,...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.1 One sees more devils than vast hell can hold ; That is, the madman...

...looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.—HDL. I., 1. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such...fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends.—THR. V., 1. M Merry and tragical ? Tedious and brief ? That is, hot ice, and wonderous...

...PHILOSTEATE, Lords, and Attendants. HIP. 'T is strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. THE. More strange than true. I never may believe These...apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatie, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact : One sees more devils than vast hell...

...of (5.1.1 ). Theseus responds with a now-famous speech: More strange than true. I never may beiieve These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Arc of imagination all compact. And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's...

...fables" and "fairy toys" that are not to be believed. They are the productions of rather strange brains: Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. (5.1.4-8) The poet appears in rather dubious company. We might, of...

...and till then may the GOD of mercies take thee under his protection! "Amen! and farewell! MG" CHAP.V "Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, "Such...apprehend "More than cool reason ever comprehends." SHAKESPEARE.38 37 EdwaidYoung, Night Thoughts (1742-45),V. 327-28. 38 Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's...

...fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet s Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: w That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, 1 1 Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's...

...fácilmente se toma a una mata por un oso.'7 17. The. More strange than true. I never may believe /This antique fables, nor these fairy toys. / Lovers and...reason ever comprehends. / The lunatic, the lover, and tne poet / Are of imagination all compact: / One sees more devils than vast hell can hold; / That is...

...Philostrate, Lords and Attendants Hippolyta 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. Theseus More strange than true. I never may believe These...toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, 5 Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover,...

...apprehends] WRIGHT (ed. 1897): Conceives in his imagination. Cf. Midsummer Night's Dream, V, i, 4: "Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends." 214. he ... Scot] DAVIES (Dram. Misc., 1785): A proverbial expression meaning he shall not have'the...