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... was , at the instance of the empress Placida , put to death , when he was about to have given proofs of his abilities . The empress showed some kindness in her anger , by cutting him off at a time so convenient for his reputation .
... was , at the instance of the empress Placida , put to death , when he was about to have given proofs of his abilities . The empress showed some kindness in her anger , by cutting him off at a time so convenient for his reputation .
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That every such person being convicted shall suffer death . " This law was repealed in our own time . Thus , in the time of Shakspeare , was the doctrine of witchcraft at once established by law and by the fashion , and it became not ...
That every such person being convicted shall suffer death . " This law was repealed in our own time . Thus , in the time of Shakspeare , was the doctrine of witchcraft at once established by law and by the fashion , and it became not ...
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But there was no translation of Buchanan's work till after our author's death . This tragedy was written , I believe , in the year 1606. See the notes at the end ; and An Attempt to ascertain the Order of Shakspeare's Plays , vol . ii .
But there was no translation of Buchanan's work till after our author's death . This tragedy was written , I believe , in the year 1606. See the notes at the end ; and An Attempt to ascertain the Order of Shakspeare's Plays , vol . ii .
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Till our King Henry had shook hands with death . " STEEVENS . Mr. Pope , instead of which , here , and in many other places , reads - who . But there is no need of change . There is scarcely one of our author's plays in which he has not ...
Till our King Henry had shook hands with death . " STEEVENS . Mr. Pope , instead of which , here , and in many other places , reads - who . But there is no need of change . There is scarcely one of our author's plays in which he has not ...
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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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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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