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" You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !  "
Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised - Page 15
by William Shakespeare - 1784
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...emotions into aw ish natural tor a murderer : — -Come, thick night ! And pall thee in the dutiuest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it maket; Nor Heaven peep through the blunketof the dark. To cry, Iluld, hold! In this passage is exerted...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 101

Literature - 1869 - 862 pages
...émotions into a wish natural to a murderer — »• ' Come thick night, And pall thee in the dünnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold, hold! ' In this passage is exerted all...
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The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: vol. 1: Preparing to Lead, 1860-81

Mary Lynn Bryan, Barbara Bair, Maree de Angury, Jane Addams - Biography & Autobiography - 2010 - 716 pages
...breasts / And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, / Wherever in your sightless substances / You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,...Hell, / That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, / Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark / To cry 'Hold, hold!' " (act 1, sc. 6, lines 38-52i....
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 4

Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 2002 - 208 pages
...speech (which he errs in attributing to Macbeth), is a passage most apposite to the present inquiry: Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold ! Hold ! (i, v, 51-5) Apart from the...
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Shakespeare's Last Plays: Essays in Literature and Politics

Stephen W. Smith, Travis Curtright - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 264 pages
...the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. (1.4.50-53); Lady Macbeth. Come, thick night. And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. (1.5.50-52) Ironically, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth do end up in effect acting with their eyes closed...
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Lectures on Shakespeare

Wystan Hugh Auden - Drama - 2002 - 428 pages
...the castle and also in daylight, Lady Macbeth has called upon the dark raven as well as the night: Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry "Hold, hold!" (Iv51-55) It should be dark in...
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How Can I Get Through to You?: Reconnecting Men and Women

Terrence Real - Communication in marriage - 2002 - 314 pages
...let that be, / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." "Come, thick night," Lady Macbeth adds, "and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell / That my keen knife see not the wound it makes." And later, Macbeth pleads, "Come seeling night / Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day." For the masculine...
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Acting Shakespeare: For Auditions and Examinations

Frank Barrie - Acting - 2003 - 136 pages
...breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night,...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry 'Hold, hold!' she gave the impression that she...
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Shakespeare Plays the Classroom

Stuart E. Omans, Maurice J. O'Sullivan - Drama - 2003 - 270 pages
...breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night,...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry "Hold, hold!" (Enter Macbeth) Great Glamis,...
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare's times, texts, and stages

Catherine M. S. Alexander - 2003 - 504 pages
...speech (which he errs in attributing to Macbeth), is a passage most apposite to the present inquiry: Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it nukes, Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold! Hold! (i, v, 5 i-5) Apart from...
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