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The merciless Macdonwald ' ( Worthy to be a rebel ; for , to that 2 , The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him , ) from the western isles Of Kernes and Gallowglasses is supplied3 : According to M. le Grand , ( says Mr.
The merciless Macdonwald ' ( Worthy to be a rebel ; for , to that 2 , The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him , ) from the western isles Of Kernes and Gallowglasses is supplied3 : According to M. le Grand , ( says Mr.
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The natural history of the winds , & c . is foreign to the explanation of this passage . Shakspeare does not mean , in conformity to any theory , to say that storms generally come from the east ...
The natural history of the winds , & c . is foreign to the explanation of this passage . Shakspeare does not mean , in conformity to any theory , to say that storms generally come from the east ...
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Yes3 ; The natural history of the winds , & c . was idly introduced on this occasion by Dr. Warburton . Sir William D'Avenant's reading of this passage , in an alteration of this play , published in quarto , in 1674 , affords a ...
Yes3 ; The natural history of the winds , & c . was idly introduced on this occasion by Dr. Warburton . Sir William D'Avenant's reading of this passage , in an alteration of this play , published in quarto , in 1674 , affords a ...
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... but with elegance , and nothing else is here meant by cracks , which , in the time of this writer , was a word of such emphasis and dignity , that in this play he terms the general dissolution of nature the crack of doom . JOHNSON .
... but with elegance , and nothing else is here meant by cracks , which , in the time of this writer , was a word of such emphasis and dignity , that in this play he terms the general dissolution of nature the crack of doom . JOHNSON .
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He looks like one that is big with something of importance ; a metaphor so natural that it is every day used in common discourse . JOHNSON . 39 Mr. M. Mason observes , that the meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who seems as if ...
He looks like one that is big with something of importance ; a metaphor so natural that it is every day used in common discourse . JOHNSON . 39 Mr. M. Mason observes , that the meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who seems as if ...
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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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