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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... "
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Page 55
by William Shakespeare - 2001 - 500 pages
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Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King ...

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 602 pages
...MefTage. Lady. Give him tending, He brings great News. The Raven himfelf is hoarfe, [Exit Mcflengen That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my...Battlements. Come you Spirits, That tend on mortal Thoughts, unfex me here, And fill me from the Crown to the Toe, top-full Of direft Cruelty; make thick my Blood,...
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Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised

William Shakespeare - 1784 - 116 pages
...up his message. Lady. Give him tending, He brings great news. 'The raven himself is h• [Exit Ma, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my...spirits* \ That tend on *mortal thoughts, unsex me her?|H And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top -full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood, Stop...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...by Reynolds. ' In the original senses. Act i. sc. 6. 'The 148 Words coined by Johnson. [August 29. ' The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements1.' We dined at Mr. Keith's. Mrs. Keith was rather too attentive to Dr. Johnson, asking...
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Macbeth. King John

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pages
...brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse, [Exit Mes. That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan 360 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...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...alteration is, Which supernatural assistance seems To crown thee with. P. 492.— 295.— 373. Lady M. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. The present reading is right. But it is observable that Sir William Davenant appears to have supposed...
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Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of ...

E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
..." Doth seek " To have thee crown'd withal." 64. " • — Give him tending, " He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse, " That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan " Under my battlements." Doctor Johnson and Mr. Fuseli appear to have been refining this passage into perplexity. That the messenger...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...message. Lady. Give him tending, He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse, [Exit Mes. 1 hat croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal1 thoughts, un'sex me here ; And fill me, from tlie crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 424 pages
...scarcely more Than would make up his message. He brings great news. [Exit SEYTON. Lady. Give him tending, 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 the toe,...
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King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 432 pages
...scarcely more Than would make up his message. Lady. Give him tending, He brings great news. [Exit SEYTON. 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 the toe,...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...oddly, that a raven perched upon one of the chimney-tops, and croaked. Then I in my turn repeated — " The raven himself is hoarse, " That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan, " Under my battlements." " I wish you had been with us. Think what enthusiastick happiness I shall have to see Mr. Samuel Johnson...
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