Shakespeare's Tragedy of MacbethHarper & brothers, 1877 - 262 pages |
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... play ( Philadelphia , 1873 ) , in which much of my work was already done to my hand , and who has given me other help which I could hardly have got elsewhere . My indebted- ness to him is acknowledged on almost every page , but I do not ...
... play ( Philadelphia , 1873 ) , in which much of my work was already done to my hand , and who has given me other help which I could hardly have got elsewhere . My indebted- ness to him is acknowledged on almost every page , but I do not ...
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... PLAY .. II . THE HISTORICAL SOURCES OF THE PLAY . III . CRITICAL COMMENTS ON THE PLAY .. MACBETH .. ACT I .... " II . " III .. " IV ..... 66 V .. NOTES . PAGE 9 13 15 47 . 49 67 So 97 115 131 THE VILLAGE OF GLAMIS . GLAMIS CASTLE ...
... PLAY .. II . THE HISTORICAL SOURCES OF THE PLAY . III . CRITICAL COMMENTS ON THE PLAY .. MACBETH .. ACT I .... " II . " III .. " IV ..... 66 V .. NOTES . PAGE 9 13 15 47 . 49 67 So 97 115 131 THE VILLAGE OF GLAMIS . GLAMIS CASTLE ...
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... PLAY . Macbeth was first printed in the folio of 1623 , where it oc- cupies pages 131 to 151 inclusive , in the division of " Trage- dies . " It was registered in the books of the Stationers ' Company , on the 8th of November , 1623 ...
... PLAY . Macbeth was first printed in the folio of 1623 , where it oc- cupies pages 131 to 151 inclusive , in the division of " Trage- dies . " It was registered in the books of the Stationers ' Company , on the 8th of November , 1623 ...
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William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. * new play , but it is more probable , as nearly all the critics . agree , that it was written in 1605 or 1606. The accession Scotland , riding through a wood , there stood before them three women ...
William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. * new play , but it is more probable , as nearly all the critics . agree , that it was written in 1605 or 1606. The accession Scotland , riding through a wood , there stood before them three women ...
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... play on the subject of Macbeth . Collier finds in the Registers of the Stationers ' Company , under date of August 27 , 1596 , the entry of a " Ballad of Makdobeth , " which he gives plausible reasons for supposing to have been a drama ...
... play on the subject of Macbeth . Collier finds in the Registers of the Stationers ' Company , under date of August 27 , 1596 , the entry of a " Ballad of Makdobeth , " which he gives plausible reasons for supposing to have been a drama ...
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Banquo Birnam blood C. P. ed C. P. editors called castle cites Coll crime Cymb dagger death deed Delius Donalbain Donwald Duncan Dunsinane edition emendation England enimies Enter MACBETH evil Exeunt fear Fleance folio foorth Forres gallowglasses ghost give Glamis Glamis Castle hail hand hath haue heart heaven Hecate Holinshed honour horror hurlyburly husband Johnson Julius Cæsar king knocking Lady Macbeth Lady Macduff Lear Lennox lord Malcolm Malone means mind Moberly moral murder murther nature night noble passage play poet quoted by Furness reign remarks Rich Rolfe Rolfe's Ross says SCENE Schmidt explains Scone Scotland Second Witch seems sense Shakespeare Shakspere Society Siward slaine sleep Sonn speak spirit suggested Temp thane thane of Cawdor thee things Third Witch thou thought tion VIII vnto vpon weird sisters wife woman word
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Page 114 - I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. — Did heaven look on, And would not take their part ? Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee ! naught that I am, Not for their own demerits, but for mine, Fell slaughter on their souls.
Page 57 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Page 92 - What man dare, I dare : Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger ; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Page 65 - Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself ? hath it slept since ? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time, Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour, As thou art in desire ? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem' st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i
Page 123 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 44 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 127 - Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield : lay on, Macduff ; And damn'd be him that first cries,
Page 90 - Are you a man ? Macb. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. Lady M. O, proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger, which, you said, Led you to Duncan.
Page 205 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 67 - tis later, sir. Ban. Hold, take my sword. There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep. Merciful powers, Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose!