| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...we came out of it, a raven perched on one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I repeated _ " ii 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... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 484 pages
...sense," &c. Just as we 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 Dancan " Under my battlements." We dined at Mr. Keith's. Mrs. Keith was rather too attentive to Dr.... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...should attend it. What thou wouldst highlv, [false, Lady Macleth, on the Newt of Dunam's Approach. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan U nder my battlements. Come, come you spirit) That tend on mortal thoughts, unsrx me ncrr, And fill... | |
| England - 1848 - 802 pages
...buttressed, fortified, and .gloomy, — where the lady in a vanlted half-lighted chamber may say : " The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements." The timber edifice on such an eminence as the Peel Bog — probably, as the sagacious Lord Hailes imagines,... | |
| Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Irish in literature - 1818 - 300 pages
...said young Crawley most emphatically. "Amen," repeated Lord Frederick, most theatrically ; adding, " The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan • Under my battlements." " Good heavens," exclaimed Lady Dunore, " how can you, Lord Frederick! you too, who were in part the... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. highly, LADY MACBETH'S SOLILOQUY ON THE NEWS OF DUNCAN'S APPROACH. 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... | |
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...by his exertions to communicate with the utmost speed the news of the king's arrival at Inverness, " The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under these battlements." The imps supposed to be constantly attendant upon witches were mere modifications... | |
| Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 344 pages
...by his exertions to communicate with the utmost speed the news of the king's arrival at Inverness, " The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under these battlements." The imps supposed to be constantly attendant upon witches were mere modifications... | |
| James Boaden - Actors - 1825 - 650 pages
...is a reflection of Hamlet applicable to his own case, ind quite on a par with that in Macbeth : — "The raven himself is hoarse, " That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan " Under my battlements." Kemble gave the argument of the play in the finest manner possible — " They do but jest .• roisoir... | |
| English literature - 1825 - 878 pages
...is a reflection of Hamlet applicable to his own case, and quite on a par with that in Macbeth :— " The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements." • . Kemble gave the argument of the play in the finest manner possible — . " They do butjeíí... | |
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