The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... STEEVENS . 1 - Macdonwald- ] Thus the old copy . According to 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 ...
... STEEVENS . 1 - Macdonwald- ] Thus the old copy . According to 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 ...
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... STEEVENS . Like valour's minion , ] Só , in King John : " fortune shall cull forth , " Out of one fide , her happy minion . " MALONE . And ne'er Shook hands , & c . ] The old copy reads - Which nev'r . -Shook hands- ] So , in King Henry ...
... STEEVENS . Like valour's minion , ] Só , in King John : " fortune shall cull forth , " Out of one fide , her happy minion . " MALONE . And ne'er Shook hands , & c . ] The old copy reads - Which nev'r . -Shook hands- ] So , in King Henry ...
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... STEEVENS . 4 As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; & c . ] That is , with double charges ; a metonymy of the effect for the caufe . HEATH . Mr. Theobald has endeavoured to improve the sense of this passage , by altering the ...
... STEEVENS . 4 As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; & c . ] That is , with double charges ; a metonymy of the effect for the caufe . HEATH . Mr. Theobald has endeavoured to improve the sense of this passage , by altering the ...
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... STEEVENS . It is clear , from a subsequent passage , that the entry of Angus was here designed ; for in scene iii , he again enters with Roffe , and fays , - ८८ - We are fent " To give thee from our royal master thanks . " MALONE ...
... STEEVENS . It is clear , from a subsequent passage , that the entry of Angus was here designed ; for in scene iii , he again enters with Roffe , and fays , - ८८ - We are fent " To give thee from our royal master thanks . " MALONE ...
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... STEEVENS . 6- Saint Colmes ' inch , Colmes ' is to be confidered as a diffyllable . Colmes ' - inch , now called ... STEEVENS . 7 - pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , reads- - pronounce his present death ...
... STEEVENS . 6- Saint Colmes ' inch , Colmes ' is to be confidered as a diffyllable . Colmes ' - inch , now called ... STEEVENS . 7 - pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , reads- - pronounce his present death ...
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