The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Holinshed copied the history of Boethius , and on Holinshed's relation Shakspeare formed his play . In the reign of Duncan , Banquo having been plundered by the people of Lochaber of some of the king's revenues , which he had collected ...
... Holinshed copied the history of Boethius , and on Holinshed's relation Shakspeare formed his play . In the reign of Duncan , Banquo having been plundered by the people of Lochaber of some of the king's revenues , which he had collected ...
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... Holinshed is the best interpreter of Shakspeare in his historical plays ; for he not only takes his facts from him , but often his very words and expreffions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that ...
... Holinshed is the best interpreter of Shakspeare in his historical plays ; for he not only takes his facts from him , but often his very words and expreffions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that ...
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... Holinshed we should read - Macdowald . STEEVENS . So also the Scottish Chronicles . However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been fub- stituted , as better founding . It appears from a subsequent ...
... Holinshed we should read - Macdowald . STEEVENS . So also the Scottish Chronicles . However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been fub- stituted , as better founding . It appears from a subsequent ...
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... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEVENS . The old copy has Gallow - groffes . Corrected by the editor of the fecond folio , MALONE . 4 And fortune , on his damned quarrel smiling , ] The old copy has - quarry ; but I am inclined to read ...
... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEVENS . The old copy has Gallow - groffes . Corrected by the editor of the fecond folio , MALONE . 4 And fortune , on his damned quarrel smiling , ] The old copy has - quarry ; but I am inclined to read ...
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... Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. fays : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore , haftily concluded that the Goddess of War was wife to the God of it ; or ...
... Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. fays : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore , haftily concluded that the Goddess of War was wife to the God of it ; or ...
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