 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 Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 4301888Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. 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 woos Even now the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio^ peace ; Thou talk's! of nothing. Mer, True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle braiir, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 440 pages
...This, this is sbe— • Horn. Peace, peace, Merculio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. t ~ ' Mar. True, I talk of dreams; "Which are the children of an idle train, Jiiegot of nothing but vain fantasy; Which is as llun of substance as the air; , And more inconstant... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 480 pages
...carriage.8 This, this is she — ROM. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. MER. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...carriage. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. 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 wooel Even now... | |
 | 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 !... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...very Mab. This, this is she — Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. 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... | |
 | 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 Even now... | |
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