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Johnson's emendation is probably right ; but it should be recollected that quarry means not only game , but also an arrow , an offensive weapon ; we might say without objection , " that Fortune smiled on a warrior's sword .
Johnson's emendation is probably right ; but it should be recollected that quarry means not only game , but also an arrow , an offensive weapon ; we might say without objection , " that Fortune smiled on a warrior's sword .
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In one of the folio editions the reading is— " Anoint thee , " in a sense very consistent with the common account of witches , who are related to perform many supernatural acts , by the means of unguents , and particularly to fly ...
In one of the folio editions the reading is— " Anoint thee , " in a sense very consistent with the common account of witches , who are related to perform many supernatural acts , by the means of unguents , and particularly to fly ...
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In 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 ...
In 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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By fantastical he means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the question is , ' Are these real beings before us , or are we deceived by illusions of fancy ! ' JOHNSON . So , in Reginald Scott's Discovery of Witchcraft , 1584 : - " He ...
By fantastical he means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the question is , ' Are these real beings before us , or are we deceived by illusions of fancy ! ' JOHNSON . So , in Reginald Scott's Discovery of Witchcraft , 1584 : - " He ...
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... corrupted to Synele in Hector Boethius , from whom , by means of his old Scottish translator , it came to the knowledge of Holinshed , was Finleg . Both Finlay and Macbeath are common surnames in Scotland at this moment . RITSON .
... corrupted to Synele in Hector Boethius , from whom , by means of his old Scottish translator , it came to the knowledge of Holinshed , was Finleg . Both Finlay and Macbeath are common surnames in Scotland at this moment . RITSON .
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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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