A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth. 1873J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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... murder of King Duff by Donwald . 10. to that ] ABBOTT , 186. The radical meaning of to is motion towards . Hence addition . Further , motion with a view to , ' ' for an end , ' & c . This is , of course , still common before verbs , but ...
... murder of King Duff by Donwald . 10. to that ] ABBOTT , 186. The radical meaning of to is motion towards . Hence addition . Further , motion with a view to , ' ' for an end , ' & c . This is , of course , still common before verbs , but ...
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... murder'd deer ' to mean ' the quarry made by these murder'd deer ' ? STRUTT . Quarry signifies that harvest of spoil which Macdonwald with his own hand was reaping in the field of battle . KNIGHT . We conceive that quarry is the word ...
... murder'd deer ' to mean ' the quarry made by these murder'd deer ' ? STRUTT . Quarry signifies that harvest of spoil which Macdonwald with his own hand was reaping in the field of battle . KNIGHT . We conceive that quarry is the word ...
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... murder ] MAGINN ( Sh . Papers , & c . p . 173 ) . To a mind thus disposed , temptation is unnecessary . The thing was done . Duncan was marked out for murder before the letter was written to Lady Macbeth , and she only followed the ...
... murder ] MAGINN ( Sh . Papers , & c . p . 173 ) . To a mind thus disposed , temptation is unnecessary . The thing was done . Duncan was marked out for murder before the letter was written to Lady Macbeth , and she only followed the ...
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... murder , to secure the fulfil- ment of the witches ' prediction , is a something , which , according to his character as previously drawn by her , he would rather have done than do it . Perhaps there is a little want of art in making ...
... murder , to secure the fulfil- ment of the witches ' prediction , is a something , which , according to his character as previously drawn by her , he would rather have done than do it . Perhaps there is a little want of art in making ...
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... murder , which cries , Thus thou must do if thou wouldst have the crown , ' and which thou rather , & c . COLERIDGE . Macbeth is described by Lady Macbeth so as at the same time to reveal her own character . Could he have everything he ...
... murder , which cries , Thus thou must do if thou wouldst have the crown , ' and which thou rather , & c . COLERIDGE . Macbeth is described by Lady Macbeth so as at the same time to reveal her own character . Could he have everything he ...
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ABBOTT ambition appears BAILEY ii Banq Banquo blood called castle Cawdor character CLARENDON Coll COLLIER Compare conj Cotgrave crime crown dagger death deed DELIUS doubt drama Duncan Dunsinane Dyce Edition ELWIN English Enter Macbeth evil Exeunt Exit expression eyes fear feeling Fleance Ghost give hand HARRY ROWE hath haue heart HEATH heaven Hecate Holinshed honour horror Huds human HUNTER husband Johns JOHNSON king Ktly Lady Macbeth Lady Macduff LETTSOM lord Macb Macd Macduff Mach Malcolm MALONE means mind murder nature night noble passage perhaps play poet Pope present Ross scene Scotland seems sense Shakespeare Sing Siward sleep speak spirits STAUNTON Steev STEEVENS thane Thane of Cawdor thee Theob thou thought tion tragedy verb vnto WALKER Crit Warb weird sisters White wife witches word
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Page 398 - Mackbeth 1 that had ysurped the crowne of Scotland, and, that doone, placed Malcolme surnamed Camoir, the sonne of Duncane, sometime king of Scotland, in the gouernement of that realme, who afterward slue the said Mackbeth, and then reigned in quiet . . . It is recorded also, that, in the foresaid battell...