“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Holinshed copied the history of Boethius , and on Holinshed's relation Shakspeare formed his play . In the reign of Duncan , Banquo having been plundered by the people of Lochaber of some of the king's revenues , which he had collected ...
... Holinshed copied the history of Boethius , and on Holinshed's relation Shakspeare formed his play . In the reign of Duncan , Banquo having been plundered by the people of Lochaber of some of the king's revenues , which he had collected ...
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... Holinshed is the best interpreter of Shakspeare in his historical plays ; for he not only takes his facts from him , but often his very words and expressions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that ...
... Holinshed is the best interpreter of Shakspeare in his historical plays ; for he not only takes his facts from him , but often his very words and expressions . That historian , in his account of Macdowald's rebellion , mentions , that ...
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... Holinshed we should read - Macdowald . STEEVENS . So also the Scottish Chronicles . However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been sub- stituted , as better sounding . It appears from a subsequent ...
... Holinshed we should read - Macdowald . STEEVENS . So also the Scottish Chronicles . However , it is possible that Shakspeare might have preferred the name that has been sub- stituted , as better sounding . It appears from a subsequent ...
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... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEVENS . The old copy has Gallow - grosses . Corrected by the editor of the second folio . MALONE . * And fortune , on his damned quarrel smiling , ] The old copy has - quarry ; but I am inclined to read ...
... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEVENS . The old copy has Gallow - grosses . Corrected by the editor of the second folio . MALONE . * And fortune , on his damned quarrel smiling , ] The old copy has - quarry ; but I am inclined to read ...
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... Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. says : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore , hastily concluded that the Goddess of War was wife to the God of it ; or ...
... Holinshed , who , p . 567 , speaking of King Henry V. says : " He declared that the goddesse of battell , called Bellona , " & c . & c . Shakspeare , therefore , hastily concluded that the Goddess of War was wife to the God of it ; or ...
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Æneid All's ancient Arthur Banquo BAST Bastard Ben Jonson blood breath called castle Cawdor Coriolanus crown Cymbeline death deed doth Duncan edit emendation England Enter Exeunt expression eyes father Faulconbridge fear folio following passage France give hand hast hath heart heaven Hecate Henry VI Holinshed honour Hubert Iliad JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Henry IV King John King Richard Kyng Lady Macbeth lord MACB MACD Macduff Malcolm MALONE MASON means murder nature night observed old copy old play old reading peace perhaps Philip poet Pope present prince Queen Rape of Lucrece ROSSE sayd says scene Scotland seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's signifies sleep speak speech spirit STEEVENS suppose Tale thane thee Theobald There's thine things thou art thought tragedy unto WARBURTON weird sisters Winter's Tale WITCH word þat