...acknowledged as such by all persons; hence the term civil may be applied figuratively in the same sense ; I heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song. SHAKSPEARE. Politeness varies with the fashions and...

...remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such a dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew...from their spheres, . To hear the sea-maid's music. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...

...mazed world, By their increase,j now knows not which is which. LOVE IN IDLENESS. , Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such a dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly...

...: Thou remcrober'st Since once I sat upon я promontory, And heard я mermaid, on a dolphin's bank, ing's ship, The mariners, say, how thou hast dispos'd, And all the rest o'the fleet? ¡ nd certain stars shot madly fr To hear the sea-maid's musJck. their spheres, Puck. I remember. Otie....

...brief samples from tragedies with the following two-part passage from a comedy: ... thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the...

...tomillo silvestre, Donde crecen las prímulas y las cabeceantes violetas, 6. Obe. Thou rememb'rest / Since once I sat upon a promontory, / And heard a...stars shot madly from their spheres / To hear the sea maid's nu1sic? / Puck. I remember. / Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), / Flying...

...and pedestrian. Oberon, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, ii, 1 , reminds Puck of such a rider: once 1 sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea maid's music. The dauphin, from the three dolphins on the coat-of-arms of the lords of the province...

...profession. And who does not recognize in a flash the voice of Paul Harvey when it comes on the radio? . . . once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid,...song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres . . . Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2, 1 Voices of pleasant nature, spoken or sung, can definitely...

...Shakespeare, the " Mermaid " herself. ' We come now to the last particular of the pageant : ' Shakespeare : "And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music." 'Laneham : "At last the Altitonant displaz me hiz mayn poour ; with blaz of burning darts, flying too...

...festivities organized for Elizabeth at Elvetham in 1591: OBERON My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remembr'est Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...