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Inch , or Inshe , in the Irish and Erse languages , signifies an island . See Lhuyd's Archaologia . STEEVENS . 7 reads- - pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , pronounce his present death . " STEEVENS .
Inch , or Inshe , in the Irish and Erse languages , signifies an island . See Lhuyd's Archaologia . STEEVENS . 7 reads- - pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , pronounce his present death . " STEEVENS .
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2- the RUMP - FED ronyon- ] There is no doubt that aroint signifies away ! run ! and that it is of Saxon origin . The original Saxon verb has not been preserved in any other way ; but the glossaries supply ryne for running ; and , in ...
2- the RUMP - FED ronyon- ] There is no doubt that aroint signifies away ! run ! and that it is of Saxon origin . The original Saxon verb has not been preserved in any other way ; but the glossaries supply ryne for running ; and , in ...
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As to forbid therefore implies to prohibit , in opposition to the word bid in its present sense , it signifies by the same kind of opposition to curse , when it is derived from the same word in its primitive meaning . JOHNSON .
As to forbid therefore implies to prohibit , in opposition to the word bid in its present sense , it signifies by the same kind of opposition to curse , when it is derived from the same word in its primitive meaning . JOHNSON .
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But as extravagant as all this is , the play has had the power to charm and bewitch every audience , from that time to this . WARBURTON . Weird comes from the Anglo - Saxon pýrð , fatum , and is used as a substantive signifying a ...
But as extravagant as all this is , the play has had the power to charm and bewitch every audience , from that time to this . WARBURTON . Weird comes from the Anglo - Saxon pýrð , fatum , and is used as a substantive signifying a ...
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STEEVENS . s Are ye FANTASTICAL , ] By fantastical is not meant , according to the common signification , creatures of his own brain ; for he could not be so extravagant to ask such a question : but it is used for supernatural ...
STEEVENS . s Are ye FANTASTICAL , ] By fantastical is not meant , according to the common signification , creatures of his own brain ; for he could not be so extravagant to ask such a question : but it is used for supernatural ...
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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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