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The prevailing modification of the theme, in the early part of the play, is “the ambiguity of appearances.” The 1st scene merely introduces the witches, who are themselves _ambiguous_, and so is their language; “fair is foul, and foul is fair.” They appear amidst thunder and l...
In the first scene of this act the _apparent_ and the _real_ are inexplicably mingled together. Lady Macbeth “receives, at once, the benefit of sleep, and does the effects of wa...
15. CHAPTER VI.For the first time for many weeks, Lucia once more left her chamber, and was able to receive the congratulatory visits of her friends. It was not long ere Mr. Gadsby took advant...
9. CHAPTER XI.We must briefly retrace our steps. We left Richard Coulter, in ambush, having so placed his little detachments as to cover most of the groups of dragoons—at least such as might...
6. CHAPTER VIII.It was with feelings of a tumultuous satisfaction that Mat Dunbar found himself in possession of this new prize. He at once conceived a new sense of his power, and prepared to a...
10. CHAPTER I.Nature had been very profuse in bestowing her favors upon Mr. Frank Gadsby. In the first place she had given him a very elegant person, tall and of manly proportions; secondly,...
13. CHAPTER IV.A pleasant spring morning found Frank Gadsby—where? Not promenading Chestnut street—not lounging upon the steps of a fashionable hotel, nor whispering smooth flatteries in the e...
8. CHAPTER X.Let us now retrace our steps and follow those of Richard Coulter and his party. We have seen what has been the progress of Elijah Fields. The route which he pursued was consider...
11. CHAPTER II.“Why? Why, don’t you know we are to meet that renowned enslaver of hearts, that coquet, Frank Gadsby! Is not that enough to inspire my vanity?” replied the lively girl.
14. CHAPTER V.It was some weeks after this ere Mr. Gadsby so far mastered his pride as to call again upon the disdainful Miss Laurence. To his great regret he was then informed that she was i...
1. ACT I.The prevailing modification of the theme, in the early part of the play, is “the ambiguity of appearances.” The 1st scene merely introduces the witches, who are themselves _ambi...
7. CHAPTER IX.In the meantime, our captain of loyalists had gone forward in his projects with a very free and fearless footstep. The course which he pursued, in the present instance, is one o...
12. CHAPTER III.A brilliant company swept through the elegant apartments of Mrs. De Rivers. It was the opening soirée of the season, and here had gathered, in the regal train of Fashion and Dis...
3. ACT III.In the first scene of this act Macbeth dwells on the worthlessness of the mere title which he has won, “To be thus is nothing, but to be _safely_ thus.” Then, too, the successio...
4. ACT IV.In the 2d Scene, the falsehood or ambiguity of _appearances_ is illustrated in Lady Macduff’s complaint of her husband’s desertion, which she attributes to fear and want of love...
2. ACT II.In the first scene Banquo, when ordering the light to be removed, says: “Night’s candles are all out; there’s husbandry in Heaven.” This imagery, no doubt, very naturally sugges...