Observations on Hamlet: And on the Motives which Most Probably Induced Shakespeare to Fix Upon the Story of Amleth, from the Danish Chronicle of Saxo Grammaticus, for the Plot of that Tragedy: Being an Attempt to Prove that He Designed it as an Indirect Censure on Mary Queen of Scots |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceſſary accuſed againſt Mary allegorical alluſion almoſt alſo Amleth Anne Boleyn Anne of Denmark Bellaria Bothwell cauſe character circumſtance Claudius Daniſh Chronicle defiring deſign deſtroy diſcovered Doraſtus and Fawnia doubt Egiſtus Elizabeth eſcaped eſtabliſh father's favour Fengo firſt edition flain following lines friendſhip fuch Ghoſt guilty Hamlet hiſtory Horwendillus houſe husband hypotheſis inceſtuous indirect itſelf James Jutland King of Denmark laſt leſs likewiſe Lord Darnley Malone's marriage married Mary's mermaid moſt moſt ſeeming-virtuous Queen mother murder muſt OBSERVATIONS ON HAMLET Pandoſto paſſage paſſed perhaps play plot poet poiſon poſſible preſent preſs princeſs publiſhed purpoſe queſtion reaſon repreſented revenge Roderic ſaid ſame Saxo Grammaticus ſays ſcene ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſent ſet ſeveral Shak Shakſpeare Shakſpeare's ſhall ſhameful ſhe ſhew ſhould ſimilarity ſome ſon ſpeare's ſpect ſpeech ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſuit ſuppoſed ſurely ſuſpected Theſe obſervations thoſe Tragedy unleſs veſtal whoſe Winter's Tale wiſhed