“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... ancient copy of Macbeth . STEEVENS . 5 Graymalkin ! ] From a little black - letter book , en- titled , Beware the Cat , 1584 , I find it was permitted to a Witch to take on her a cattes body nine times . Mr. Upton ob- serves , that , to ...
... ancient copy of Macbeth . STEEVENS . 5 Graymalkin ! ] From a little black - letter book , en- titled , Beware the Cat , 1584 , I find it was permitted to a Witch to take on her a cattes body nine times . Mr. Upton ob- serves , that , to ...
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... ancient writers . So , in The Spanish Tragedy : " Perform'd of pleasure by your son the prince . " Again , in God's Revenge against Murder , hist . vi : " Sypontus in the mean time is prepared of two wicked gondoliers , " & c . Again ...
... ancient writers . So , in The Spanish Tragedy : " Perform'd of pleasure by your son the prince . " Again , in God's Revenge against Murder , hist . vi : " Sypontus in the mean time is prepared of two wicked gondoliers , " & c . Again ...
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... ancient MS . entitled The Boke of Huntyng , that is cleped Mayster of Game : Cap . V. " Som men haue sey hym slitte a man fro the kne up to the brest , and slee hym all starke dede at o strok . " STEEVENS . Again , by the following ...
... ancient MS . entitled The Boke of Huntyng , that is cleped Mayster of Game : Cap . V. " Som men haue sey hym slitte a man fro the kne up to the brest , and slee hym all starke dede at o strok . " STEEVENS . Again , by the following ...
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... ancient mythology . HENLEY . Our author might have been influenced by Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. says : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore ...
... ancient mythology . HENLEY . Our author might have been influenced by Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. says : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore ...
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... ancient language , to blow sometimes means to blow upon . So , in Dumain's Ode in Love's Labour's Lost : “ Air , quoth he , thy cheeks may blow ; - . ' i . e . blow upon them . We still say , it blows East , or West , without a ...
... ancient language , to blow sometimes means to blow upon . So , in Dumain's Ode in Love's Labour's Lost : “ Air , quoth he , thy cheeks may blow ; - . ' i . e . blow upon them . We still say , it blows East , or West , without a ...
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All's ancient Arthur Banquo BAST Bastard Ben Jonson blood breath called castle Cawdor Coriolanus crown Cymbeline death doth Duncan edit emendation England Enter Exeunt expression eyes father Faulconbridge fear folio following passage France give hand hast hath heart heaven Hecate Henry VI Holinshed honour Hubert Iliad JOHNSON Julius Cęsar King Henry King Henry IV King John King Richard Kyng Lady Macbeth lord MACB MACD Macduff Malcolm MALONE MASON means murder nature night noble observed old copy old play old reading peace perhaps Philip poet Pope present prince Queen Rape of Lucrece ROSSE sayd says scene Scotland seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's signifies sleep speak speech spirit STEEVENS suppose Tale thane thee Theobald There's thine things thou art thought tragedy unto WARBURTON weird sisters Winter's Tale WITCH word žat