The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... means a toad . The re- presentation of St. James in the witches ' house ( one of the fet of prints taken from the painter called Hellish Breugel , 1566 , ) exhibits witches flying up and down the chimney on brooms ; and before the fire ...
... means a toad . The re- presentation of St. James in the witches ' house ( one of the fet of prints taken from the painter called Hellish Breugel , 1566 , ) exhibits witches flying up and down the chimney on brooms ; and before the fire ...
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... means of unguents , and particularly to fly through the air to the places where they meet at their hellish festivals . In this sense , anoint thee , witch , will mean , away , witch , to your infernal affèmbly . This reading I was ...
... means of unguents , and particularly to fly through the air to the places where they meet at their hellish festivals . In this sense , anoint thee , witch , will mean , away , witch , to your infernal affèmbly . This reading I was ...
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... means to blow upon . So , in Dumain's Ode in Love's Labour's Loft : " Air , quoth he , thy cheeks may blow ; - . " i . e . blow upon them . We still say , it blows East , or West , without a prepofition . STEEVENS . The substituted word ...
... means to blow upon . So , in Dumain's Ode in Love's Labour's Loft : " Air , quoth he , thy cheeks may blow ; - . " i . e . blow upon them . We still say , it blows East , or West , without a prepofition . STEEVENS . The substituted word ...
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... be put in execution by means of a waxen figure , which repre- sented the person who was to be confumed by flow degrees . So , in Webster's Dutchess of Malfy , 1623 : Though his bark cannot be loft , Yet it shall 34 ÌÀÑÂÅÒΗ .
... be put in execution by means of a waxen figure , which repre- sented the person who was to be confumed by flow degrees . So , in Webster's Dutchess of Malfy , 1623 : Though his bark cannot be loft , Yet it shall 34 ÌÀÑÂÅÒΗ .
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... means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the question is , Are these real beings before us , or are we de- ceived by illufions of fancy ? JOHNSON . " So , in Reginald Scott's Discovery of Witchcraft , 1584 : - " He affirmeth these ...
... means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the question is , Are these real beings before us , or are we de- ceived by illufions of fancy ? JOHNSON . " So , in Reginald Scott's Discovery of Witchcraft , 1584 : - " He affirmeth these ...
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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