 Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 439by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat he lives: Words to... | |
 | Harald William Fawkner - 1990 - 276 pages
...stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost — Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. (2.1.49-60) It may be argued and felt,... | |
 | Bennett Simon - 1988 - 292 pages
...hears things that should not be told or spoken is exemplified in Macbeth's "dagger" speech:32 Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: Words to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives; Words to... | |
 | Arthur Graham - 1997 - 244 pages
...his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, toward his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles 1 threat, he lives: Words to... | |
 | Sergeĭ Sergeevich Averint︠s︡ev - 2000 - 228 pages
...wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep; now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's oferings... Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time... Hear it not, Duncan,... | |
 | John O'Connor - 2001 - 264 pages
...his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: 30 Words... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 496 pages
...foul rebellion's arms." — III, ii, 23.' To this same source we may also, perhaps, assign: 'Thou sure and firm-set earth Hear not my steps which way they...for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout.' — Macbeth, II, i, 56. — ED. 240. to rise and Mutiny] MACCALLTTM (p. 296): Note the last words;... | |
 | Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 2001 - 100 pages
...his stealthy pace With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they...walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout. . . . (II, i, 53-9) There is at least an opportunity here for the performer not only to walk in a certain... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...stealthy pace, / With Tarquin's ravishingstrides, towards his design / Moves like a ghost. -Thou sure and firm-set earth, / Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear /Thy ver) stones prate of my where-about, / And take the present horror from the time, / Which now suits... | |
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