The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his con- temporaries . A poet who should now make the ...
... SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his con- temporaries . A poet who should now make the ...
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... scene of enchant- ments not exceeded by any romance of the middle age ; he supposes a spectator , overlooking a field of battle , attended by one that points out all the various objects of horrour , the engines of destruction , and the ...
... scene of enchant- ments not exceeded by any romance of the middle age ; he supposes a spectator , overlooking a field of battle , attended by one that points out all the various objects of horrour , the engines of destruction , and the ...
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... has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment , however they may now be ridiculed , were both by himself and his audience thought TRAGEDY OF MACBETH . 77.
... has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment , however they may now be ridiculed , were both by himself and his audience thought TRAGEDY OF MACBETH . 77.
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... SCENE II . -The merciless Macdonel , -- from the Western Isles Of Kerns and Gallow - glasses was supply'd ; And fortune on his damned quarry smiling , Show'd like a rebel's whore . Kerns are light - armed , and Gallow - glasses heavy ...
... SCENE II . -The merciless Macdonel , -- from the Western Isles Of Kerns and Gallow - glasses was supply'd ; And fortune on his damned quarry smiling , Show'd like a rebel's whore . Kerns are light - armed , and Gallow - glasses heavy ...
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... SCENE III . Enter the three Witches . 1st Witch . Where hast thou been , sister ? 2d Witch . Killing swine . 3d Witch . Sister , where thou ? 1st Witch . A sailor's wife had chesnuts in her lap , And mouncht , and mouncht , and mouncht ...
... SCENE III . Enter the three Witches . 1st Witch . Where hast thou been , sister ? 2d Witch . Killing swine . 3d Witch . Sister , where thou ? 1st Witch . A sailor's wife had chesnuts in her lap , And mouncht , and mouncht , and mouncht ...
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