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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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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 5

James Boswell - 1852 - 412 pages
...came out of it a raven perched 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 him many questions...
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Studies from the English Poets

George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...Than would make up his message. Lady Macb. Give him tending. He brings great news. [Exit Attendant. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements.3 Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts4, unsex me here ; And fill me, from the...
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Shakspere-Lexikon [Shakespeare-Lexikon]

Nikolaus Delius - 1852 - 532 pages
...ge* mi jufammen : íllleí waô {1фег ju ber биф gebúbrenben 8icbe unb (Sbre дешф1. 1,5. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan — Unter bem belfern 4)ïiibcn fann bte iabty nur belt 93oten verlieben, ber f.iuin Sitlu'm genug...
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Kidd's Own Journal, Volume 5

1854 - 394 pages
...both ! The ferocious wife of Macbeth, on being advised of the approach of Duncan, thus exclaims : — The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. The Moor of Venice says : — It comes o'er my memory As doth the raven o'er this infected house, Boding...
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Beautiful birds: their natural history, ed. by R. Tyas, Volume 2

John Cotton (F.Z.S.) - 1855 - 242 pages
...notion was we notice from its association in " Macbeth" with the horrors of coming desolation — " The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements." The Haven is a bold bird, hardy and powerful, in its habits omnivorous, not only feeding on carrion...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1855 - 498 pages
...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 TJnder my battlements. Come, all you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill...
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The philosophy of William Shakespeare delineating in seven hundred and fifty ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...hate that which we often fear. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, A. 1, S. 3. INVOCATION TO THE POWERS OF DARKNESS. THE raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here ; And fill me, from the crown to...
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical' aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unscx me here ; And fill me, from the crown to the...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 730 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 battlements. Come,(13) you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here ; And fill me, from the crown to...
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between Th' effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, 9 The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements.] These lines have produced a good deal of comment, but the meaning seems to be, that Lady Macbeth considers...
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