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" Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... - Page 274
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...of the poetical devices which he might have there beheld : — " Obe. My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such duleet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememher'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not) Flying between the cold...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 6

Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1844 - 532 pages
...Surrey, and sister of Mary's affianced husband Nor* White Doe of Rylstone, or the Fate of the Nortons. " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music.'* The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November 14th; Richard Norton,...
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The Student: a magazine of theology, literature, and science

1844 - 1128 pages
...flattering, but more accurate description contained in the well-known lines of Shakspeare :— " I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." Nevertheless it must be admitted that her lot was cast in times for which her education was...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays

Dorothea Kehler - Comedy - 1998 - 520 pages
...infinite size. There is a specific geography, and the heavens are cold and high. Oberon. Thou rememb'rest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maids's music? Robin. I remember. Oberon. That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between...
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The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations

Barbara Hodgdon - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 332 pages
...amidst a stunning fireworks display accompanied by Oberon's lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream— "Once I sat upon a promontory / And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back / Uttering such dulcet and harmonius breath"— at which the (adult) Shakespeare appears high above, illuminated in a halo of...
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The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History

Jan Bondeson - History - 1999 - 336 pages
...Nights Dream, Oberon tells Puck that Once I ¿at upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphins back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That...rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars ¿hot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maids music. Unlike his distinguished poetic predecessors,...
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Shakespeare : A Life: A Life

Park Honan - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 522 pages
...a mermaid rides on a dolphin, but Oberon reminds Puck, as if to conjure up the Kenilworth pageant: once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on...harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her song. (11. i. It was never unwise to flatter the Queen, and even in the 1570s she protected the players....
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Truth and the Comedic Art

Michael Gelven - Drama - 2000 - 184 pages
...comedy: ... thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. And then, shortly later we hear: I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and...
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Shakespeare: la invención de lo humano

Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...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...
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