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" Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings; Vexed and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these 'Christians. "
The Ancient British Drama ... - Page 259
edited by - 1810
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Troilus and Cressida. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 pages
...Marlowe's Jew of Malta, 1633 : K iij " Thu» " Thus like the sad presaging raven, that tolls " The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, " And in the shadow of the silent night " Does shake contagion from her sable wing." MALONE. 32. Cvnvinc'd or supplied them,} \ cannot understand...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...ef night. « Enter Barabas, with a light. ' Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The aick man's passport in her hollow beak. And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented hastens poor Barabas ( With fatal curses towards these Christians. Th' uncertain...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 2

1818 - 764 pages
...there to perpetrate some terrible deed. Bar. Thus, like the sad prcsagcful ruvcn that rolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak. And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians. Th' uncertain pleasures...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 3

1818 - 762 pages
...bring him the concealed remnant of his treasures. " Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls Vexed and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians," Ac. The next speech is still finer than this , and Mr Kean's manner of delivering was beautifully solemn...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 3

1818 - 806 pages
...him the concealed remnant of his treasures. " Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians," &c. The next speech is still finer than this; and Mr Kean's manner of delivering was beautifully solemn...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 2

1818 - 782 pages
...to perpetrate some terrible deed. Bar. Thus, like the sad presageful raven that rolls > I , The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians. Th' uncertain pleasures...
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American Ornithology, Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 1

Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pages
...announced. Thus Marlowe, in the Jew of Malta, as cited by Malone: " The sad presaging Rmen tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wing." But it is the province of philosophy to dispel those illusions which bewilder the mind, by pointing...
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Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1820 - 356 pages
...and kept watch during the night. CHAPTER X. Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings ; Vux'd and tormented, runs poor Barrabas, With fatal curses towards these Christians. Jew of Malta....
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...does so, and agrees to meet him at night " Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas, With fatal curses, towards these Christians. The uncertain pleasures...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...does so, and agrees to meet him at night. " Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow...silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas, With fatal curses, towards these Christians. The uncertain pleasures...
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