A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth. 1873 |
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London ) 1849 The Shakespeare Society's Publications , vol . xvii 1850 : -ROFPE : An Essay upon the Ghost Belief of Shakespeare 1851 DE QUINCEY : Miscellaneous Essays ( Boston ed . ) 1851 COLLIER : Notes and Emendations , & c .
London ) 1849 The Shakespeare Society's Publications , vol . xvii 1850 : -ROFPE : An Essay upon the Ghost Belief of Shakespeare 1851 DE QUINCEY : Miscellaneous Essays ( Boston ed . ) 1851 COLLIER : Notes and Emendations , & c .
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The witches should not be visible when the curtain rises , but should glide in like ghosts . 1-11 . When ... air ] DELIUS . This metre ( namely Trochaics of four accents , intermixed here and there with Iambics ) Sh . has elsewhere used ...
The witches should not be visible when the curtain rises , but should glide in like ghosts . 1-11 . When ... air ] DELIUS . This metre ( namely Trochaics of four accents , intermixed here and there with Iambics ) Sh . has elsewhere used ...
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No breath disturbs the quiet of the air , No spirit moves upon the breast of earth , Save howling dogs , night - crows , and screeching owls , Save meagre ghosts , Piero ...
No breath disturbs the quiet of the air , No spirit moves upon the breast of earth , Save howling dogs , night - crows , and screeching owls , Save meagre ghosts , Piero ...
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... before the other , and that if he were to slide or glide along , as ghosts are represented to do , the infallible consequence would be his tumbling on his nose . Moves like a ghost . – Thou sure and firm 92 [ ACT II , Sc . i .
... before the other , and that if he were to slide or glide along , as ghosts are represented to do , the infallible consequence would be his tumbling on his nose . Moves like a ghost . – Thou sure and firm 92 [ ACT II , Sc . i .
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Moves like a ghost . – Thou sure and firm - set earth , 56. sure ] Pope conj . Cap . sore Tieck conj . FF , sowr Fz sour F sound Pope sowre + the passage , 6 X. ( Gent . Mag . vol . Iviii , p . 766 , 1788 ) . Macbeth was treading on a ...
Moves like a ghost . – Thou sure and firm - set earth , 56. sure ] Pope conj . Cap . sore Tieck conj . FF , sowr Fz sour F sound Pope sowre + the passage , 6 X. ( Gent . Mag . vol . Iviii , p . 766 , 1788 ) . Macbeth was treading on a ...
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