Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London, New York, etc. Longmans, Green · leaf 153
creational purposes.In his Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II., Sc. i.)Shakespeare makes Titania say, in her reply to Oberon(after the latter had twitted her with her love for Theseus): ... the quaint mazes in the wanton green,For lack of tread are undistinguishable. In The Tempest also (Act III., Sc.… … Fig. 70 • Caerdroia.Roberts.) (After P. and further on (Act V., Sc. i.) he puts a similar phraseinto the mouth of Alonso: This is as strange a maze as eer man trod:And there is in this business more than natureWas ever conduct of. It is most likely that the turf mazes were in existencelong before…
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