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 stand in his way to the throne; but, having once ascended it, he murders his wife and nephews, it is plain, only—as Macbeth does Banquo,—for the purpose of maintaining himself there in security.

The Remarks are under a still stranger mistake with regard to the sentiment of Macbeth, in imagining that he catches the terrors he sees expressed in the countenance of the Messenger who informs him of the numbers of the enemy: — Mess. There is ten thousand

Macb. Geese, villain ?

Mess. Soldiers, sir.