Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eyes,
Steal me awhile from mine own company.

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Topic

Sleep as balm Sleep

Speaker

Helena

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; "Tis meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot." Tis the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man even.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic
Sleep
Speaker
Sancho Panza

Author

Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
1615 1600s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Another quote from European Renaissance

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.

William Shakespeare

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Topic
Hope
Speaker
Richmond

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
History (play)
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard III. London: Andrew Wise, 1597, act 5, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Third." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.