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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... "
Essays and The Bee - Page 204
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820
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The Gallery of Shakspeare, Or, Illustrations of His Dramatic Works: Romeo ...

1829 - 48 pages
...subject of the second design : « О , then , I see, queen Mab hath been with you. 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...they do dream things true. Мег. О, then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the loir-finger ufan old alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies' Athwart men's noses as they lie...
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Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets: Designed ..., Part 1

Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1830 - 262 pages
...contradistinguished from Imagination. " O, then, I see, Queen Mab has been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an...atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...midwife. The poet avails himtlf of Mal,'s appropriate province, by giving her this nocturnal agency.— On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies 1 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...poet avails himself of Mab's appropriate province, by giving her this nocturnal agency. — T. WABTOK. On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies1 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The...
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Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets: Designed ..., Volume 1

Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1831 - 302 pages
...contradistinguished from Imagination. " O, then, I see, Queen Mab has been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an...little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars,...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...things true. Mar. 0, then, I see, queen M«b halb been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and «he comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an old alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies' Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...and horse, — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent ! QUEEN MAE. OH, then, I see Queen Mab has been with you, She is the fancy's midwife: and she...atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her waggon-spokes, made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of...
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The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition ..., Volume 2

Thomas Keightley - 1833 - 396 pages
...Romeo. " O then," says Mercutio : O then, I see queen Mab hath been with you ; She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an...little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : * " Mab," says Voss, one of the German translators of Shakspeaje, " is not the Fairy-queen, the same...
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An Address, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard ...

William Howard Gardiner - 1834 - 82 pages
...rather a combination of machines ; and, pointing out minute portions of its organized substance, some " In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman," confidently declare, that this little structure contains all the delicate watchwork which tunes the...
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