...CURLING. " Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing." " True ; I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy." SHAKBTEARE. WHEN I was quartered, in the castle at Edinburgh, I remember one of the duties of the orderly...

...and in this way trundled himself rapidly out of sight. CHAPTER II. " True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing...fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd,...

...Author of " Reminiicetuxt in Syria," ,tc. Ac.) THE PLAGUE SHIP. " True, I talk of dreams, Which ave the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as ehin of substance as the air." SHAKESI'EAEE. HAVING arrived at Alexandria, and brought the mountain...

...confidential terms with Agnes, and would do him ample justice. CHAPTER XXII. I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy." SHAKSFEARE. After Mrs Renshaw had had a night to digest her dram of fly-water, she awoke most distressingly...

...confidential terms with Agues, and would do him ample justice. CHAPTER XXII. ——— I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. ' ' SnAKSPEARE. After Mrs Renshaw had had a night to digest her dram of fly-water, she awoke most distressingly...

...humility, we are ready to acknowledge that, all this while, it may be " true I talk of dreams Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy !" Be our similitudes veritable, or this the " baseless fabric of a vision," still we reiterate our...

...Romeo Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace. Thou talk's! of nothing. Mercutio True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain. Begot of nothing...fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air 100 And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north 62 in this manner...

...fools" (An Explanation of Astronomy as a Whole); and Shakespeare has Mercutio speak of dreams Which are the children of an idle brain Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. [Romeo and Juliet, I iv] On the other hand, in the seventeenth century Milton still refers to fancy...

...Prick'd from ihe lazy finger of a maid; (I, iv) FaPON; FiP; LiTB; WSC 142 True, I talk of dreams, Which AA; AWP; HelP; InvP; NOBA; NoP; OBEV; OxBA; PoE; PoRA;...Son; TAP; TrGrPo The Children's Hour 9 Between the And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And being angered,...

...dreamlike Concert de Sylphes, preceded by 'Mercutio: I talk of dreams, which are the children of an airy brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air, and more inconstant than the wind.' These words follow the Queen Mab speech (1.4), inspiration for...