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the greatnefs of your fortune, the grandeur
of your family, nor the reputation of your
honour, that has thus convinced me; it is
a noblenefs, a fan&ity of manners, better
expreffed through your looks than from
your tongue, that dilpofes me now to em¬
brace you with all the confidence of a trufty
friend. Be then my Mentor, lead me on
to the arduous, the glorious talk, of getting
juftice for my fuffering country, my injured
family, and oppreffed people!—If the foul
of Macduff was at firft tortured with the
pdious picture which Malcolm had prefented
of himfelf, what ioy did he now feel in be¬
holding the reverie ? He fell down before
him ! hailed him King! and drawing his
fword, vowed never more to flieath it, un¬
til he fhould fee the fovereignty, credit, and
tranquillity of his country, reftored. Thus
the ftri&eft and moft cordial engagements
beino- mutually concluded, it was immedi¬
ately refolved, by the intereft of Malcolm^
grandfather and the Earl Godwin, to fupph-
cate affiftance from King Edward, who, by
the way, had hitherto been deaf to every
fuggeftion of that fort; for amidft all the
diflfpation which fo much fcandahzed the
court of Macbeth, he had hill had policy
enough, by maintaining a fubmihive cor-
refponclence with the cowl ot England, to
keep up fitch an alliance with Edward, as
the greatnefs of your fortune, the grandeur
of your family, nor the reputation of your
honour, that has thus convinced me; it is
a noblenefs, a fan&ity of manners, better
expreffed through your looks than from
your tongue, that dilpofes me now to em¬
brace you with all the confidence of a trufty
friend. Be then my Mentor, lead me on
to the arduous, the glorious talk, of getting
juftice for my fuffering country, my injured
family, and oppreffed people!—If the foul
of Macduff was at firft tortured with the
pdious picture which Malcolm had prefented
of himfelf, what ioy did he now feel in be¬
holding the reverie ? He fell down before
him ! hailed him King! and drawing his
fword, vowed never more to flieath it, un¬
til he fhould fee the fovereignty, credit, and
tranquillity of his country, reftored. Thus
the ftri&eft and moft cordial engagements
beino- mutually concluded, it was immedi¬
ately refolved, by the intereft of Malcolm^
grandfather and the Earl Godwin, to fupph-
cate affiftance from King Edward, who, by
the way, had hitherto been deaf to every
fuggeftion of that fort; for amidft all the
diflfpation which fo much fcandahzed the
court of Macbeth, he had hill had policy
enough, by maintaining a fubmihive cor-
refponclence with the cowl ot England, to
keep up fitch an alliance with Edward, as
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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