 The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 1341844Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 646 pages
...more Than would make up his message. Lady M. Give him tending: He brings great news. [Exit Attendant.] The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements8. Come, you spirits The raven himself is hoarse, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pages
...stunned by the noise of the falling waters in which he is fated to perish. 77 CHAPTER V. THE TEMPTER. " LADY MACBETH. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements.— » * » * » I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked the nipple from... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...the want of sufficient notice to make preparation for the reception of so illustrious a guest. I. 5. LADY MACBETH. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. bearing of the milder and gentler spirit of the Thane which follows. The annotation... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...sufficient notice to make preparation for the reception of so illustrious a guest. I. 5. LADY MACDETH. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. The word " my " is purposely used by the Poet to let the audience into the spirit of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...out of it, a raven perched 364 HEBRIDES.] on one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I repeated " The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan, Under my battlements." We dined at Mr. Keith's. Mrs. Keith was rather too attentive to Dr. Johnson, asking... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 620 pages
...faults committed by transcribers or printers may be corrected. In Macbeth, for example, we read, •• The raven himself Is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan," &c. Is there anything marvellous in a raven being hoarse'! which is implied by the word "himself:"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...Than would make up his message. Lady M. Give him tending : He brings great news. [Exit Attendant.] ueen. I will, my lord : I pray you, pardon me. King. It is the poison'd cup my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 pages
...compose the fifth class. The Lady Macbeth, projecting the death of the King, has the following soliloquy: -The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan .Under my battlements. Come all you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 672 pages
...the approach of Duncan, whose death she had conspired, is made to say in the language of the poet, "The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements." — Macbeth, Act 1. scene 5. This ill omened bird, once, very numerous on our coasts,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...that a raven perched upon one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I in my turit repeated — • The raven 4 my battlements.' " I wish you1 had been with us. Think what enthusiastic happiness I shall have to... | |
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