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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... signifies an island . See Lhuyd's Archæologia . STEEVENS . " -pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , reads -pronounce his present death . STEEVENS . ROSSE . I'll see it done . DUN . What SC . H. 27 MACBETH .
... signifies an island . See Lhuyd's Archæologia . STEEVENS . " -pronounce his death , ] The old copy , injuriously to metre , reads -pronounce his present death . STEEVENS . ROSSE . I'll see it done . DUN . What SC . H. 27 MACBETH .
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... signifies an unhappy one . " STEEVENS . It may be added that " bitten and Verbieten , in the German , signify to pray and to interdict . " S. W. • Shall he dwindle , & c . ] This mischief was supposed to be put in execution by means of ...
... signifies an unhappy one . " STEEVENS . It may be added that " bitten and Verbieten , in the German , signify to pray and to interdict . " S. W. • Shall he dwindle , & c . ] This mischief was supposed to be put in execution by means of ...
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... signifying a prophecy by the translator of Hector Boethius , in the year 1541 , as well as for the Destinies , by Chaucer and Holinshed . Of the weirdis gevyn to Makbeth and Banghuo , is the argument of one of the chapters . Gawin ...
... signifying a prophecy by the translator of Hector Boethius , in the year 1541 , as well as for the Destinies , by Chaucer and Holinshed . Of the weirdis gevyn to Makbeth and Banghuo , is the argument of one of the chapters . Gawin ...
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... signification , creatures of his own brain ; for he could not be so extravagant to ask such a question : but it is used for supernatural , spiritual . WARBURTON . By fantastical , he means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the ...
... signification , creatures of his own brain ; for he could not be so extravagant to ask such a question : but it is used for supernatural , spiritual . WARBURTON . By fantastical , he means creatures of fantasy or imagination : the ...
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... signified as fast . To speak thick , in our author , does not therefore mean , to have a cloudy indistinct utterance , but to deliver words with rapidity . So , in Cymbeline , Act III . sc . ii : 66 66 say , and speak thick , ( Love's ...
... signified as fast . To speak thick , in our author , does not therefore mean , to have a cloudy indistinct utterance , but to deliver words with rapidity . So , in Cymbeline , Act III . sc . ii : 66 66 say , and speak thick , ( Love's ...
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