The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... strange aukward stroke that could unrip him upwards from the navel to the chaps . But Shakspeare certainly wrote : - he unfeam'd him from the nape to the chaps . i . e . cut his skull in two ; which might be done by a High- lander's ...
... strange aukward stroke that could unrip him upwards from the navel to the chaps . But Shakspeare certainly wrote : - he unfeam'd him from the nape to the chaps . i . e . cut his skull in two ; which might be done by a High- lander's ...
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... 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 look as if he told them . Lenox only con- jectured ...
... 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 look as if he told them . Lenox only con- jectured ...
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... 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 meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who ...
... 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 meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who ...
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... strange intelligence ? or why Upon this blafted heath you ftop our way With fuch prophetick greeting ? - Speak , I charge you . [ Witches vanish . BAN . The earth hath bubbles , as the water has , And these are of them : -Whither are ...
... strange intelligence ? or why Upon this blafted heath you ftop our way With fuch prophetick greeting ? - Speak , I charge you . [ Witches vanish . BAN . The earth hath bubbles , as the water has , And these are of them : -Whither are ...
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... Strange images of death . As thick as tale , 3 3 As thick as tale , ) Meaning , that the news came as thick as a tale can travel with the post . Or we may read , per- haps , yet better : -As thick as tale , Came post with post ; - That ...
... Strange images of death . As thick as tale , 3 3 As thick as tale , ) Meaning , that the news came as thick as a tale can travel with the post . Or we may read , per- haps , yet better : -As thick as tale , Came post with post ; - That ...
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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