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But surely , to beings intent only on mischief , a soldier's bravery , in an honest cause , would have been no subject of encomium . Mr. Malone ( omitting all previous remarks , & c . on this passage ) assures us , that- " There is here ...
But surely , to beings intent only on mischief , a soldier's bravery , in an honest cause , would have been no subject of encomium . Mr. Malone ( omitting all previous remarks , & c . on this passage ) assures us , that- " There is here ...
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The reading proposed by Dr. Johnson , and his explanation of it , are strongly supported by a passage in our author's King John : And put his cause and quarrel " To the disposing of the cardinal . " Again , in this play of Macbeth : 66 ...
The reading proposed by Dr. Johnson , and his explanation of it , are strongly supported by a passage in our author's King John : And put his cause and quarrel " To the disposing of the cardinal . " Again , in this play of Macbeth : 66 ...
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Which smok'd with bloody execution , Like valour's minion , Carv'd out his passage , till he fac'd the slave " ; And ne'er shook hands 7 , nor bade farewell to him , Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps , CITY elated by which ...
Which smok'd with bloody execution , Like valour's minion , Carv'd out his passage , till he fac'd the slave " ; And ne'er shook hands 7 , nor bade farewell to him , Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps , CITY elated by which ...
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For in the manuscript of that poem , in Trinity - College library , 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 .
For in the manuscript of that poem , in Trinity - College library , 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 .
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Sir William D'Avenant's reading of this passage , in an alteration of this play , published in quarto , in 1674 , affords a reasonably good comment upon it : " But then this day - break of our victory 66 Serv'd but to light us into ...
Sir William D'Avenant's reading of this passage , in an alteration of this play , published in quarto , in 1674 , affords a reasonably good comment upon it : " But then this day - break of our victory 66 Serv'd but to light us into ...
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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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