 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
 | Scott Kaiser - 2003 - 268 pages
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 | Denis Alexander - 2003 - 518 pages
...appears bizarre. When Shakespeare's Macbeth, in the early part of the 17th century, pleads that Thou sure and firm-set earth, hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear the very stones prate of my whereabouts,' (Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1 . in the court within Inverness... | |
 | Joan Fitzpatrick - 2004 - 198 pages
...murder of Duncan, Macbeth makes an effort to extract complicity from the very earth itself: 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. (Macbeth 2.1.56-60) By the time Banquo's... | |
 | 1984 - 472 pages
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 | Robert Garis - 2004 - 204 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 The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits... | |
 | Richard Nelson - 2004 - 446 pages
...(Macready is alone now, the stage representing only the Astor Place Opera House.) MACBETH: 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, Which now suits... | |
 | Joan Carris - 2004 - 466 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 900 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: 60 Words... | |
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