 | J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 134 pàgines
...yet hanging in the stars' (Bomeo I 4 107), his friend Mercutio responds cynically. Dreams, he says, 'are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy' (Bomeo I 4 97-8). Much more sinister in his ridiculing of the unknown is Edmund, the bastard... | |
 | Hugh Macrae Richmond - 2004 - 570 pàgines
...associations for this word, beyond ours of inactive or lazy to something like 'distracted': 'dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy' (Romeo, 1.3.96-8). Other uses cover several pejorative meanings: to move lightly or casually,... | |
 | Lindsay Price - 2005 - 76 pàgines
...found me dead. Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think." LAUREL: "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." MURRAY... | |
 | Marty Morris - 2005 - 108 pàgines
...1595, William Shakespeare talked about dreams, when, in Romeo and Juliet, he said, "I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain; Begot of nothing but vain fantasy." If you want to get better organized, then you must do three things: First, learn about your... | |
 | John E. B. Myers - 2005
...Juliet, Romeo's friend Mercutio has this to say about the reliability of dreams: 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... | |
 | Jose Manuel Gonzalez, Josc) Manuel Gonzc!lez De Sevilla - 2006 - 327 pàgines
...the bawdy sense of the word "vagina" in Elizabethan times. Mercutio answers that he talks of dreams, "Which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy" (97-98). Here it is Romeo who proposes the bawdy quibble and Mercutio who seems to prefer... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Lukas Erne - 2007 - 192 pàgines
...misfortune breeds. ROMEO Peace, peace, thou talk'st of nothing. MERCUTIO True, I talk of dreams, 75 Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin a substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind which woos Even... | |
 | Yvonne Nilges - 2007 - 189 pàgines
...antreffen: Romeo Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. Mercutio True. I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is äs thin of substance äs the air, And more inconstant than the wind [.] (I, 4, Vs.... | |
 | Kelly Bulkeley - 2008 - 352 pàgines
...— Romeo: Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. Mercutio: 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. The impetuous... | |
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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... 
