 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 pages
...reflection of Hamlet applicable to his own case, and quite on a par Jvith 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 hntjest: POISON... | |
 | James Jennings - 1828 - 526 pages
...greedy Haven that for death doth call:" OWL. And quotes PLINY for his authority. And SHAKESPEARE, " The Raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my hattlements." Macbeth, Act i. Scene .5. * " I hired 'em at tha cottage door, When uiornin, in tha spreng,... | |
 | James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 pages
...greedy Raven that for death doth call :" OWL. And quotes PLINY for his authority. And SHAKESPEARE, " The Raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my hattlements." Macbeth, Act i. Scene 5. * "I hired 'em at tha cottage door, , When uiornin, in tha spreng,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 pages
...situation of the old castle corresponds exactly to Shakspeare's description. While we were there today, it happened oddly, that a raven perched upon one of...chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I in my turn repeated — 1 I took the liberty of giving this familiar appellation to my celebrated friend, to bring in a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...situation of the old castle corresponds exactly to Shakspeare's description. While we were there todav, it happened oddly, that a raven perched upon one of...chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I in my turn repeated— Tour to ' The raven himself is hoarse, Hebrid. That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements.'... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 pages
...Macbeth, on being advised of the approach of Duncan, whose death she had conspired, thus exclaims: — The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements ! f The Moor of Venice says,— It comes o'er my memory, As doth the raven o'er the infected house,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...came out of it, a raven perehed on one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I repeated • The ravn 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... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 312 pages
...drove onward to expected enjoyment and distinction. She spoke in all the boldness of her nature : — " 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... | |
 | 1832 - 542 pages
...giving inaudible utterance to the kindred and congenial language of the royal murderess in the play: The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Coinc, come, you spirits That tend on mor'ul thoughts, unsox me here; Aud nil me, from the crown to... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...— The greedy raven, that doth call for death. and quotes Pliny for his authority. Shakspeare — The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Macbeth. Sir Walter Scott : — AH nations have their omens drear, Their legions of wild woe and fear.... | |
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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... 
