A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth. 1873 |
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Cats played an important part in witchcraft . CLARENDON . It means a gray cat . • Malkin ' is a diminutive of Mary . ' Mau . kin , ' the same word , is still used in Scotland for a hare . Compare IV , i , 1 . 9.
Cats played an important part in witchcraft . CLARENDON . It means a gray cat . • Malkin ' is a diminutive of Mary . ' Mau . kin , ' the same word , is still used in Scotland for a hare . Compare IV , i , 1 . 9.
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We still retain of with verbs of construction and adjectives of fulness , but the Elizabethans retained of with verbs of fulness also , as in the present instance . CLARENDON . Compare Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Bk . ii ...
We still retain of with verbs of construction and adjectives of fulness , but the Elizabethans retained of with verbs of fulness also , as in the present instance . CLARENDON . Compare Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Bk . ii ...
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Who ne'er Pope , + . And ne'er Cap . Steev . Sing . Dyce ii . When he ne'er Nicholson . * bade ] Steev . ( 1778 ) . bad F , F , F Cap . bid F « , Rowe , + . farewell ] farwell F ,. 1 ' 2 3 ' RITTER . Compare King John III , i , 56 ...
Who ne'er Pope , + . And ne'er Cap . Steev . Sing . Dyce ii . When he ne'er Nicholson . * bade ] Steev . ( 1778 ) . bad F , F , F Cap . bid F « , Rowe , + . farewell ] farwell F ,. 1 ' 2 3 ' RITTER . Compare King John III , i , 56 ...
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H. Rowe . chaps ] Reed ( 1803 ) . chops Ff . this sense , compare Lyly's Euphues , p . 75 , ed . Arber : You haue made so large profer of your seruice , and so faire promises of fidelytie , that were I not ouer charie of mine honestie ...
H. Rowe . chaps ] Reed ( 1803 ) . chops Ff . this sense , compare Lyly's Euphues , p . 75 , ed . Arber : You haue made so large profer of your seruice , and so faire promises of fidelytie , that were I not ouer charie of mine honestie ...
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Compare Much Ado , I , I , 16 , .better bettered expectation . ' 38. So ... foe ] White . The halting rhythm of the first part of this line , its two superfluous syllables , and the unmitigated triplication of double , ' lead me to ...
Compare Much Ado , I , I , 16 , .better bettered expectation . ' 38. So ... foe ] White . The halting rhythm of the first part of this line , its two superfluous syllables , and the unmitigated triplication of double , ' lead me to ...
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ABBOTT appears Banquo believe blood called cause character CLARENDON Coll COLLIER comes common Compare death deed Delius doubt Duncan Dyce effect Elwin English Enter expression eyes fear feeling Ghost give given hand hath head heart Holinshed Huds human instance Johns JOHNSON kind king Ktly Lady Lady Macbeth less lives look lord Macb Macbeth Macd Macduff Malcolm MALONE means mind murder nature never night once original passage perhaps person play Pope present probably reason reference Ross Rowe scene Scotland seems sense Shakespeare Sing sleep speak spirits stage stand Steev STEEVENS supposed thane thee Theob things thou thought true WALKER Warb White whole wife Witch word
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