The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... c . ] This , with the two following lines , is given in the folio to the three Witches . Some preceding edi- tors have appropriated the first of them to the fecond Witch . Fair is foul , and foul is fair : 7 MACBETH . 13.
... c . ] This , with the two following lines , is given in the folio to the three Witches . Some preceding edi- tors have appropriated the first of them to the fecond Witch . Fair is foul , and foul is fair : 7 MACBETH . 13.
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... foul , and foul is fair : ] i . e . we make these sudden changes of the weather . And Macbeth , fpeaking of this day , " foon after fays : So foul and fair a day I have not feen . WARBURton . The common idea of witches has always been ...
... foul , and foul is fair : ] i . e . we make these sudden changes of the weather . And Macbeth , fpeaking of this day , " foon after fays : So foul and fair a day I have not feen . WARBURton . The common idea of witches has always been ...
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... foul death " Curs'd as his life . " WARBURTON . The old reading is certainly the true one , being juftified by a paffage in Dido Queene of Carthage , by Thomas Nash , 1594 : " Then from the navel to the throat at once " He ript old ...
... foul death " Curs'd as his life . " WARBURTON . The old reading is certainly the true one , being juftified by a paffage in Dido Queene of Carthage , by Thomas Nash , 1594 : " Then from the navel to the throat at once " He ript old ...
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... foul dunghill . " So Holinfhed , fpeaking of the witchcraft practised to destroy King Duffe : " 6 found one of the witches roafting upon a wooden broch an image of wax at the fire , refembling in each feature the king's perfon , & c ...
... foul dunghill . " So Holinfhed , fpeaking of the witchcraft practised to destroy King Duffe : " 6 found one of the witches roafting upon a wooden broch an image of wax at the fire , refembling in each feature the king's perfon , & c ...
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... foul and fair a day I have not seen . BAN . How far is't call'd to Fores ? --What are thefe , The Valkyrie , or Valkyriur , were not barely three in num- ber . The learned critic might have found , in Bartholinus , not only Gunna , Rota ...
... foul and fair a day I have not seen . BAN . How far is't call'd to Fores ? --What are thefe , The Valkyrie , or Valkyriur , were not barely three in num- ber . The learned critic might have found , in Bartholinus , not only Gunna , Rota ...
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