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Title: A midsummer-night's dream
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Fredericks, Alfred, illus
Subjects: Courtship
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Egeus, Hermia, Lysander, ./»</ Demetrius. Ege. Happy be Theseus, our renowned duke! The. Thanks, good Egeus: whats the news with thee? Ege. Full of \e\ation come I, with complaintAgainst my child, my daughter Hermia.—Stand forth, Demetrius.—My noble lord,This man hath my consent to marry her.—Stand forth, Lysander:—and, my gracious duke,This hath bewitchd the bosom of my child :—rhou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes,And interchangd love-tokens with my child :Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung,With feigning voice, verses of feigning love;And stoln th impression oi her fantasyWith bracelets of thy hair, rings, gawds, conceits,Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats (messengersOf strong prevailment in unhardend youth):With cunning hast thou fllehd my daughters heart;Turnd her obedience, which is due to me,To stubborn harshness:—and, my gracious duke,He it so she will not here before your graceCon nt to marry with Demetrius, MIPS I MM I R \/i ,11 rs ORE AM.
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A.oSe I beg the ancient priv-ilege of Athens,—As she is mine, I may dispose of her:Which shall be either to this gentle-man,Or to her death, according to our lawImmediately provided in thai The. What say you, I Urmia? be ad-\ isd, fair maid :To you your father should be as a god;( >ik- that composd your beauties; yea, .mil oneTo whom you are but as a form in wax, MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM. By him imprinted, and within his powerTo leave the figure, or disfigure it.Demetrius is a worthy gentleman.Her. So is Lysander.The. In himself he is ; But, in this kind, wanting your fathers voice,The other must be held the worthier. Her. I would my father lookd but with my eyes.The. Rather, your eyes must with his judgment look.Her. 1 do entreat your grace to pardon me.I know not by what power I am made bold,Nor how it may concern my modesty,In such a presence here, to plead my thoughts;But I beseech your grace, that I may knowThe worst that may befall me in this case,If I refuse to wed Demetrius

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