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" 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... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ... - Page 396
by James Boswell - 1786
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Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on ...

Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...breath, had scarcely more Than would make up his message. LADY M. Give him tending, He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. his speech, the raven's voice is heard on the battlements of the castle; when Lady Macbeth, adverting...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 450 pages
...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 battlements. Come , you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts , unset me here , And fill me , from the crown to the...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 652 pages
...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 me...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 7

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 me...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 1-2

1844 - 878 pages
...IWd. It can scarcely be necessary to quote the equally significant exclamation of Lady Macbeth — The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under our battlements. These notions respecting the owl and raven still have a considerable hold of the English...
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The fortunes of Roger de Flor: or, The Almugavars

Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pages
...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...of Duncan Under my battlements.— » * » * » I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked the nipple from its boneless gums, And dashed...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including A Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...situation of the old castle corresponds exactly to Shakspeare's description. While we were there to-day, it happened oddly, that a raven perched upon one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I in my turn repealed — ' I took the liberty of giving this familiar appellation to my celebrated friend, to bring...
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The Works of Walter Savage Landor, Volume 1

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:"...
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 3

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 ! it is too lat Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe,...
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Elements of Criticism: With Analyses, and Translation of Ancient and Foreign ...

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 the crown to tli'...
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