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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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STEEVENS . of 9 DOUBTFULLY it stood ; ] Mr. Pope , who introduced the epithet long , to assist the metre , and reads" Doubtful long it stood , " has thereby injured the sense . If the comparison was meant to coincide in all ...
STEEVENS . of 9 DOUBTFULLY it stood ; ] Mr. Pope , who introduced the epithet long , to assist the metre , and reads" Doubtful long it stood , " has thereby injured the sense . If the comparison was meant to coincide in all ...
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The sense therefore is , " Fortune smiling on his execrable cause , " & c . JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a sufficient proof of its having been . the term here ...
The sense therefore is , " Fortune smiling on his execrable cause , " & c . JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a sufficient proof of its having been . the term here ...
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The sense of the passage , collectively taken , is this : " Where the triumphant flutter of the Norweyan standards ventilates or cools the soldiers who had been heated through their efforts to secure such numerous trophies of victory .
The sense of the passage , collectively taken , is this : " Where the triumphant flutter of the Norweyan standards ventilates or cools the soldiers who had been heated through their efforts to secure such numerous trophies of victory .
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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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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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