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The time in which this kind of credulity was at its height , seems to have been that of the holy war , in which the Christians imputed all their defeats to enchantments or diabolical opposition , as they ascribed their success to the ...
The time in which this kind of credulity was at its height , seems to have been that of the holy war , in which the Christians imputed all their defeats to enchantments or diabolical opposition , as they ascribed their success to the ...
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In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable introduction to this play , he seems apprehensive that the fame of Shakspeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I shall not hesitate , however , to predict its security ...
In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable introduction to this play , he seems apprehensive that the fame of Shakspeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I shall not hesitate , however , to predict its security ...
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This sense seems agreeable also to the Witch's answer : " When the hurlyburly's done , " that is , the storm ; for they enter in thunder and lightning . BOSWELL . 2 When the battle's lost and won : ] i . e . the battle in which Macbeth ...
This sense seems agreeable also to the Witch's answer : " When the hurlyburly's done , " that is , the storm ; for they enter in thunder and lightning . BOSWELL . 2 When the battle's lost and won : ] i . e . the battle in which Macbeth ...
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Here seems to be a chasm , which I shall attempt to supply by the introduction of a single pronoun , and by distributing the hitherto mutilated line among the three speakers : " 3 Witch . There to meet withWhom ? Macbeth .
Here seems to be a chasm , which I shall attempt to supply by the introduction of a single pronoun , and by distributing the hitherto mutilated line among the three speakers : " 3 Witch . There to meet withWhom ? Macbeth .
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This expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th book of The Fairy Queen : " Then fair grew foul , and foul grew fair in fight . " FARMER . 8 This is the SERGEANT , ] Holinshed is the best interpreter of ...
This expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th book of The Fairy Queen : " Then fair grew foul , and foul grew fair in fight . " FARMER . 8 This is the SERGEANT , ] Holinshed is the best interpreter of ...
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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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