...the king That was, and is, the question of these wars. Hor. A mote it is, to trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The grave stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets. As, stars...

...together demonstrated HOR. A moth (i7) it is to trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy b state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,...trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun ; (i8) and the moist star, 09) Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, Was sick almost to dooms-day...

...king That was, and is, the question of these wars. Йог. A mote it is, to trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood teñan tless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets. As, stars with trains...

...Lear is the only instance ever known of such wonderful caprice. ACT I. SCENE I. — page 17. HORATIO. A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves...tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber i. the Roman streets. As, itars with trains of fire and dews of blood, I cannot correspond in opinion...

...verse has been lost. I read, as I am convinced our Author wrote: A little ere the mightiest Julias fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Ronian streets. A star with trains of fire and ilm < of blood ; Disasters in the sun; and the moist...

...funeral song in Much Ado About Nothing : " Graves, yawn, and yield your dead." Again, in Hamlet : " A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, "The graves...dead " Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets." MALONE. * Fierce firy warriors fight upon the clouds, In ranks, and squadrons, and right form of war,]...

...trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy if stau- of Rome, A little ere the mightiest lulins fell. The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted...dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets. As, stais with traius of fire and dews of blood. Disasters in the sun ; and the moist star T :, Utxm whose...

...often represented to perform. The historical testimony, that, antecedent to the death of Ccesar, " The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead, Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets," gives credibility and importance to this phenomenon. Horatio's address to the. Ghost is brief and pertinent,...

...hyeroglyphick or emblem of victory or conquest." Dyet's Dry Dinner, by H. Buttes, 8vo. 1599. MALONE. 6 As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters IN the sun ;] Mr. Rowe altered these lines, because they have insufficient connection with the preceding ones,...

...these wars. l Hor. A mote it is, to trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, 2 A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves...trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun3; and the moist star,4 Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, 7 romoge — ] Commonly written...