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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 employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western isles there came to Macdowald a great ...
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 employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western isles there came to Macdowald a great ...
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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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1. no date , among the proper terms used in kepyng of haukes , it is said : " The hauke tyreth upon rumps . " STEEVENS . 3 - ronyon cries . ] i . e . scabby or mangy woman . Fr. rogneux , royne , scurf . Thus Chaucer , in The Romaunt of ...
1. no date , among the proper terms used in kepyng of haukes , it is said : " The hauke tyreth upon rumps . " STEEVENS . 3 - ronyon cries . ] i . e . scabby or mangy woman . Fr. rogneux , royne , scurf . Thus Chaucer , in The Romaunt of ...
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To be studied in a part , or to have studied it , is yet the technical term of the theatre . MALONE . So , in A Midsummer - Night's Dream : " Have you the lion's part written ? pray you , if it be , give it me , for I am slow of study .
To be studied in a part , or to have studied it , is yet the technical term of the theatre . MALONE . So , in A Midsummer - Night's Dream : " Have you the lion's part written ? pray you , if it be , give it me , for I am slow of study .
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... the horrors of his guilt , still retains a character less fiend - like than that of his queen , talks to her with a degree of tenderness , and pours his complaints and fears into her bosom , accompanied with terms of endearment .
... the horrors of his guilt , still retains a character less fiend - like than that of his queen , talks to her with a degree of tenderness , and pours his complaints and fears into her bosom , accompanied with terms of endearment .
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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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