The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... still continued to hover in the twilight . In the time of Queen Elizabeth was the remarkable trial of the witches of Warbois , whose conviction is ftill commemorated in an annual fermon at Huntingdon . But in the reign of King James ...
... still continued to hover in the twilight . In the time of Queen Elizabeth was the remarkable trial of the witches of Warbois , whose conviction is ftill commemorated in an annual fermon at Huntingdon . But in the reign of King James ...
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... still be wanting . The reason given by some of the old writers , for such a defi- ciency , is , that though the hands and feet , by an easy change , might be converted into the four paws of a beast , there was still no part about a ...
... still be wanting . The reason given by some of the old writers , for such a defi- ciency , is , that though the hands and feet , by an easy change , might be converted into the four paws of a beast , there was still no part about a ...
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... still say , it blows East , or West , without a prepofition . STEEVENS . The substituted word was first given by Sir W. D'Avenant , who , in his alteration of this play , has retained the old , while at the same time he furnished Mr ...
... still say , it blows East , or West , without a prepofition . STEEVENS . The substituted word was first given by Sir W. D'Avenant , who , in his alteration of this play , has retained the old , while at the same time he furnished Mr ...
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... still waking from ثممِم , " & c . This may serve to explain the foregoing passage : " Sleep fhall neither night nor day " Hang upon his pent - house lid . " See Vol . IV . p . 227 , ُ . 4. STEEVENS . 5 Though his bark cannot be lost ...
... still waking from ثممِم , " & c . This may serve to explain the foregoing passage : " Sleep fhall neither night nor day " Hang upon his pent - house lid . " See Vol . IV . p . 227 , ُ . 4. STEEVENS . 5 Though his bark cannot be lost ...
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... still more familiar to the common audience ( which was always his point ) he adds , for another ingredient , a sufficient quantity of our own country fuperftitions concerning witches ; their beards , their cats , and their broomsticks ...
... still more familiar to the common audience ( which was always his point ) he adds , for another ingredient , a sufficient quantity of our own country fuperftitions concerning witches ; their beards , their cats , and their broomsticks ...
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