The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... should now make the whole action of his tragedy depend upon enchantment , and produce the chief events by the afsistance of fupernatural agents , would be cenfured as tranf- greffing the bounds of probability , be banished from the ...
... should now make the whole action of his tragedy depend upon enchantment , and produce the chief events by the afsistance of fupernatural agents , would be cenfured as tranf- greffing the bounds of probability , be banished from the ...
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... should add that , in the two prior inftances , it is also the second Witch who furnishes decisive and material answers ; and that I would give the words " I come , Graymalkin ! " to the third . By affiftance from fuch of our author's ...
... should add that , in the two prior inftances , it is also the second Witch who furnishes decisive and material answers ; and that I would give the words " I come , Graymalkin ! " to the third . By affiftance from fuch of our author's ...
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... carv'd out his passage Till he fac'd the Slave . As an hemistich must be admitted , it seems more favourable to the metre that it should be found where it is now left.- And ne'er fhook hands , nor bade farewell to him 18 ÌÀÑÂÅÒΗ .
... carv'd out his passage Till he fac'd the Slave . As an hemistich must be admitted , it seems more favourable to the metre that it should be found where it is now left.- And ne'er fhook hands , nor bade farewell to him 18 ÌÀÑÂÅÒΗ .
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... Should he look , STEEVENS . That seems to speak things strange . ] The meaning of this passage , as it now stands , is , so should he look , that looks as if he told things strange . But Rosse neither yet told strange things , nor could ...
... Should he look , STEEVENS . That seems to speak things strange . ] The meaning of this passage , as it now stands , is , so should he look , that looks as if he told things strange . But Rosse neither yet told strange things , nor could ...
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... Should he look , that teems to speak things strange . He looks like one that is big with fomething of importance ; a metaphor so natural that it is every day used in common dif- course . JOHNSON . Mr. M. Mason observes , that the ...
... Should he look , that teems to speak things strange . He looks like one that is big with fomething of importance ; a metaphor so natural that it is every day used in common dif- course . JOHNSON . Mr. M. Mason observes , that the ...
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almoſt alſo ancient anſwer Banquo BAST becauſe beſt blood cauſe curſe death deſcribed doth Duncan elſe emendation Engliſh Exeunt expreffion eyes faid falſe fame Faulconbridge fays fear feem fignifies fimilar firſt fleep following paſſage fome foul fuch hath heaven Hecate Henry VI himſelf Holinſhed honour houſe Hubert inſtance itſelf JOHNSON King Henry King Henry IV King John Lady laſt leſs lord MACB Macbeth MACD Macduff Malcolm MALONE means moſt murder muſt myſelf night obſerved occafion old copy paffage paſſage perſon play Pope preſent prince purpoſe Queen Rape of Lucrece reaſon Richard III ſaid ſame ſays ſcene Scotland ſecond ſee ſeems ſenſe Shakſpeare Shakſpeare's ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſpeech ſpirits ſtand ſtate STEEVENS ſtill ſtrange ſuch ſupported ſuppoſe ſuſpect ſweet thane thee Theobald theſe thoſe thou thought tranflation uſed verſe WARBURTON whoſe WITCH word