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However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been substituted , as better sounding . It appears from a subsequent scene that he had attentively read Holinshed's account of the murder of King Duff ...
However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been substituted , as better sounding . It appears from a subsequent scene that he had attentively read Holinshed's account of the murder of King Duff ...
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... the following lines are read thus : " Or drag him by the curls , and cleave his scalpe " Down to the hippes . " An evident imitation of this corrupted passage . But he altered it with better judgment to66 - to a foul death " Curs'd ...
... the following lines are read thus : " Or drag him by the curls , and cleave his scalpe " Down to the hippes . " An evident imitation of this corrupted passage . But he altered it with better judgment to66 - to a foul death " Curs'd ...
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The words " Out out arongt , " are addressed to our Redeemer by Satan , who , the better to enforce them , accompanies them with a blast of the horn he holds in his right hand . " Tartareum intendit cornu . " If the instrument he grasps ...
The words " Out out arongt , " are addressed to our Redeemer by Satan , who , the better to enforce them , accompanies them with a blast of the horn he holds in his right hand . " Tartareum intendit cornu . " If the instrument he grasps ...
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... as not being able to procure better provision than offals , which are considered as the refuse of the tables of others . COLEPEPER . So , in The Ordinance for the Government of Prince Edward , 1474 , the following fees are allowed ...
... as not being able to procure better provision than offals , which are considered as the refuse of the tables of others . COLEPEPER . So , in The Ordinance for the Government of Prince Edward , 1474 , the following fees are allowed ...
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Or we may read , perhaps , yet better : 66 As thick as tale , " Came post with post That is , posts arrived as fast as they could be counted . JOHNSON . So , in King Henry VI . Part III . Act II . Sc . I .: " Tidings , as swiftly as the ...
Or we may read , perhaps , yet better : 66 As thick as tale , " Came post with post That is , posts arrived as fast as they could be counted . JOHNSON . So , in King Henry VI . Part III . Act II . Sc . I .: " Tidings , as swiftly as the ...
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ancient answer appears Banquo believe better blood BOSWELL called comes common death desire DUKE Duncan edit editors Enter Exit expression eyes face fear folio fool fortune give given hand hath head hear heart hold Holinshed honour instance JOHNSON keep kind King Henry lady live look lord MACB Macbeth Malcolm MALONE manner matter means mind murder nature never night noble observed occurs old copy once original passage perhaps person play present probably Queen reason ROSSE scene Scotland seems selfe sense Shakspeare signifies Sir Toby sister sleep song speak speech spirit stand STEEVENS suppose sure sweet tell thee thing thou thought translation true WARBURTON WITCH woman word
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| Title | Twelfth-night ; Macbeth Volume 11 of The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, J., F., and C. Rivington (Firm) |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Contributor | J., F., and C. Rivington (Firm) |
| Publisher | F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Apr 2010 |
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