The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. 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 ... Holinshed's account of the murder of King Duff , by Donwald , Lieutenant of the castle of Fores ; in consequence of ...
... Holinshed we should read - Macdowald . STEEVENS . So also the Scottish Chronicles . However , it is possible that ... Holinshed's account of the murder of King Duff , by Donwald , Lieutenant of the castle of Fores ; in consequence of ...
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... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEvens . The old copy has Gallow - grosses . Corrected by the editor of the second folio ... Holinshed's account of the story of Macbeth , who , upon the creation of the Prince of Cumberland , thought , says ...
... Holinshed , edit . 1577. STEEvens . The old copy has Gallow - grosses . Corrected by the editor of the second folio ... Holinshed's account of the story of Macbeth , who , upon the creation of the Prince of Cumberland , thought , says ...
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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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