The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... ( fays Boethius ) " Lieutenant to Duncan in Lochaber , " was flain . Afterwards Macbeth and Banquo were appointed to the command of the army ; and Macdowald being obliged to take refuge in a castle in Lochaber , first flew his wife and ...
... ( fays Boethius ) " Lieutenant to Duncan in Lochaber , " was flain . Afterwards Macbeth and Banquo were appointed to the command of the army ; and Macdowald being obliged to take refuge in a castle in Lochaber , first flew his wife and ...
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... fay , they [ witches ] can keepe devils and spirits , in the likeness of todes and cats . " Scot's Discovery of Witch- craft , [ 1584 ] Book I. c . iv . TOLLET . 7 Fair is foul , and foul is fair : ] i . e . we make these sudden changes ...
... fay , they [ witches ] can keepe devils and spirits , in the likeness of todes and cats . " Scot's Discovery of Witch- craft , [ 1584 ] Book I. c . iv . TOLLET . 7 Fair is foul , and foul is fair : ] i . e . we make these sudden changes ...
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... fays the historian , that he had a juft quarrel to endeavour after the crown . The sense therefore is , Fortune Smiling on his execrable cause , & c . JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may ...
... fays the historian , that he had a juft quarrel to endeavour after the crown . The sense therefore is , Fortune Smiling on his execrable cause , & c . JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may ...
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... fay that ftorms generally come from the east . If it be allowed that they fometimes issue from that quarter , it is fufficient for the purpose of his comparison . STEEVENS . The natural history of the winds , & c . was idly introduced ...
... fay that ftorms generally come from the east . If it be allowed that they fometimes issue from that quarter , it is fufficient for the purpose of his comparison . STEEVENS . The natural history of the winds , & c . was idly introduced ...
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... fay footh , I must report they were As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; 4 So they Doubly redoubled strokes 5 upon the foe : the verse , has been omitted in the old copy . Sir T. Hanmer reads- Our captains , brave Macbeth , & c ...
... fay footh , I must report they were As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; 4 So they Doubly redoubled strokes 5 upon the foe : the verse , has been omitted in the old copy . Sir T. Hanmer reads- Our captains , brave Macbeth , & c ...
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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