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" True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs... "
The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory Prefaces to ... - Page 21
by William Shakespeare - 1798
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooel Even...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...has arisen from his not having understood the following lines-, and which must be pointed thus : " I talk of dreams, " Which are the children of an idle brain, " Begot of nothing : but vain fantasie. " The construction is : " Dreams are begotten of nothing : [they are] but vain fantasie !...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 9

1816 - 778 pages
...Fr. phantnfa, Lat. f«.T«-,«.] j. Fancy ; imagination ; th.e power of im.'.giniiig. See FAH^V.— J talk of dreams, Which are the children of an. idle brain, Begot of nothing but ytinfuvtafyi Which is as thin of fubilance as the air, And more uuconft.int than the wind, &hak. He...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...short, the farce of dreams is of a piece, Chimeras all ; and more absurd or less. And Shakspeare again : I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain phantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the airr And more inconstant than the wind. Nor must Milton...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...again. This is that very Mab. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Horn. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mcrcutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. I True, I talk of dreams i Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy i ' Which is as thin of substance as the airi And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...(^)This, this is she— (||) " RoM. Peace, peace, (||)Mercutio, peace ;(||) Thou talk'st of nothing. MEK. True, I talk of dreams : Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...them women of good carriage. This, this is she— Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. . Me.r. True, I talk of dreams ; Which...children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind, who woes Even...
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