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...energy of mind. They are, for the most part, generalisations of well-known classes in daily life. " Queen Mab hath been with you : She is the fairies'...Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep. • # # * # Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat ; Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel,...

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...energy of mind. They are, for the most part, generalisations of well-known classes in daily life. " Queen Mab hath been with you : She is the fairies'...an agate stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, i Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep. • # # * # Her waggoner,...

...liveries : and the 'mazed world, By their increase,** now knows not which is which. 7— ii. 2. 140 I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies'...she comes In shape no bigger than an agate- stone I On the forefinger of an alderman, ••'. * Petty. t Banks which contain them. ] A game played by...

...hath been with you. She ia the fairies1 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 nosea as they lie asleep ; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinner's legs ; The cover, of the winga...

...hath been with you. She is the fancy's midwife ; and she comes, In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of...

...Mab hath been with 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...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...