“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... present occasion . Shakspeare just caught the name from Holin- shed , but the rest of the story not suiting his purpose , he does not adhere to it . The stage - direction of entrance , where the bleeding captain is mentioned , was ...
... present occasion . Shakspeare just caught the name from Holin- shed , but the rest of the story not suiting his purpose , he does not adhere to it . The stage - direction of entrance , where the bleeding captain is mentioned , was ...
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... present instance , cannot well have been substituted for who , because it will refer to the slave Macdonwald , instead of his conqueror Macbeth . STEEVENS . 8 he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps , ] We seldom hear of such ...
... present instance , cannot well have been substituted for who , because it will refer to the slave Macdonwald , instead of his conqueror Macbeth . STEEVENS . 8 he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps , ] We seldom hear of such ...
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... present appearance been designed , the King would naturally have taken some notice of him . STEEVENS . It is clear , from a subsequent passage , that the entry of Angus was here designed ; for in scene iii . he again enters with Rosse ...
... present appearance been designed , the King would naturally have taken some notice of him . STEEVENS . It is clear , from a subsequent passage , that the entry of Angus was here designed ; for in scene iii . he again enters with Rosse ...
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... present tragedy , than per- haps in any other of Shakspeare . STEEVENS . 3 Till that Bellona's bridegroom , lapt in proof , ] This passage may be added to the many others , which show how little Shak- speare knew of ancient mythology ...
... present tragedy , than per- haps in any other of Shakspeare . STEEVENS . 3 Till that Bellona's bridegroom , lapt in proof , ] This passage may be added to the many others , which show how little Shak- speare knew of ancient mythology ...
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... present irregularity of metre induces me to believe that - Sweno was only a marginal reference , injudiciously thrust into the text ; and that the line , originally stood thus : That now the Norways ' king craves composition . Could it ...
... present irregularity of metre induces me to believe that - Sweno was only a marginal reference , injudiciously thrust into the text ; and that the line , originally stood thus : That now the Norways ' king craves composition . Could it ...
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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