The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 10J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... scene of action was removed to a great distance . The Reformation did not immediately arrive at its meridian , and though day was gradually increasing upon us , the goblins of witchcraft still continued to hover in the twilight . In the ...
... scene of action was removed to a great distance . The Reformation did not immediately arrive at its meridian , and though day was gradually increasing upon us , the goblins of witchcraft still continued to hover in the twilight . In the ...
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... and several other Apparitions . SCENE , in the End of the fourth Act , lies in Eng . land ; through the rest of the Play , in Scotland ; and , chiefly , at Macbeth's Castle . ' Lady Macbeth . ] Her name was Gruach , PERSONS REPRESENTED. ...
... and several other Apparitions . SCENE , in the End of the fourth Act , lies in Eng . land ; through the rest of the Play , in Scotland ; and , chiefly , at Macbeth's Castle . ' Lady Macbeth . ] Her name was Gruach , PERSONS REPRESENTED. ...
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... • STEEVENS . three Witches . ] As the play now stands , in Act IV . sc . i . three other witches make their appearance . See note thereon . STEEVENS . MACBETH . ACT I. SCENE I. An open Place . 'Lady Macbeth.] Her name was Gruach, ...
... • STEEVENS . three Witches . ] As the play now stands , in Act IV . sc . i . three other witches make their appearance . See note thereon . STEEVENS . MACBETH . ACT I. SCENE I. An open Place . 'Lady Macbeth.] Her name was Gruach, ...
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... scene , that his first Witch should appear uninstructed in her mission . Had she not required information , the audience must have remained . ignorant of what it was necessary for them to know . Her speeches , therefore , proceed in the ...
... scene , that his first Witch should appear uninstructed in her mission . Had she not required information , the audience must have remained . ignorant of what it was necessary for them to know . Her speeches , therefore , proceed in the ...
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... This expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th Book of the Fairy Queen : " Then fair grew foul , and foul grew fair in sight . " FARMER . SCENE II . A Camp near Fores . Alarum within 14 ACT I. MACBETH .
... This expression seems to have been proverbial . Spenser has it in the 4th Book of the Fairy Queen : " Then fair grew foul , and foul grew fair in sight . " FARMER . SCENE II . A Camp near Fores . Alarum within 14 ACT I. MACBETH .
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