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Quote by William Shakespeare

“Set your heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me.”

Book:The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes

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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes

This extensive compilation includes all of William Shakespeare's plays, meticulously edited and annotated with corrections and scholarly insights from a range of commentators. The collection aims to provide a thorough and annotated edition of Shakespeare's works, offering readers a deeper understanding of the playwright's legacy. more

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564 - April 23, 1616) was one of the greatest poets of the English Renaissance, renowned for his dramatic works. His plays spanned a variety of genres, including tragedy, comedy, and history, and have had a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“A lady with whom I was riding in the forest said to me that the woods always seemed to her to wait, as if the genii who inhabit them suspend their deeds until the wayfarer had passed onward; a thought which poetry has celebrated in the dance of the fairies, which breaks off on the approach of human feet.”

Ifs Humans Said Poetry Waiting Break Feet Approach Deeds Woods Forests Fairy Riding Faerie Break Off

Book:The Annotated Emerson

Source: The Annotated Emerson

“But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth.”

Humans Light Earth Lying Grows Wealth Secret Flower Mark Golden Fairy Caves Discerning Human Love

Author:Margaret Fuller

“But I should be very sorry if an interpretation founded on a most conjectural scientific hypothesis were to get fastened to the text in Genesis... The rate of change of scientific hypothesis is naturally much more rapid than that of Biblical interpretations, so that if an interpretation is founded on such an hypothesis, it may help to keep the hypothesis above ground long after it ought to be buried and forgotten.”