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Quotation from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
“they have only to think that they have been asleep and dreaming, and that all these adventures were visions which they saw in their sleep”
Tales from Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, closing paragraph (Project Gutenberg text)
Mary Lamb's ending, echoing Puck's epilogue, for readers who find the fairy story incredible.
Citation: "they have only to think that they have been asleep and dreaming, and that all these adventures were visions which they saw in their sleep" — Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, closing paragraph (Project Gutenberg text). (id tales-from-shakespeare-q2)
Portrait: Tales from Shakspeare (1831) title page, William Harvey, Public domain.
