...which at present has a familiar undignified meaning, was anciently used to express a sword or dagger. Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold, hold! — Great Glamis ! worthy Cawdor !L Enter MACBETH. Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter ! Thy...

...Iristructions for the Wars, 1599. This illnstrates the passage in Act i. Sc. 5, of this play: — ' Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark To cry Hold! hold!' I would not wish them to a fairer death9 : And so his knell is knoll'd. Mal. He's worth more sorrow,...

...nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And palJ thee in the dünnest smoke of hell ! That my keen knife see are Great Glamis ! worthy Cawdor ! Enter Macbeth. Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter ! Thy letters...

...it is of the highest consequence, that " thick night Should pall her in the dunnest smoke of hell, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry hold ! hold !" " Taking the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it."— The reader cannot be mad...

...Macbeth exclaims, — Come thick night, And pall me in the dunnest smoke of nell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry hold! hold! Shakspeare's blank verse is far superior to that of any other poet, — superior even to Milton's....

...Macbeth exclaims, — Come thick nii*ht, And pall me 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 ! Shakspeare's blank verse is far superior to that of any other poet, — superior even to Milton's....

...mischief! Come, Ihick night, And pall" thee in the dünnest smoke of hell ! That my keen knife9 see not the wound it makes ; Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold, llold .'—Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor ! \ , £n(«r Macbeth. , Greater than both, by the all-hail...

...Shahtpeare. I can see his pride Peep through each part of him. Id. Come, thick night ! That my keen knife see not the wound it makes ; Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry hold ! /./. Macbeth. The timorous maiden-blossoms on each bough Peepi forth from their first blushes ; so...

...varena, covering. This is very suitable for the night sky, and like that image of Lady Macbeth's, " Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ' Hold, hold ! ' " '• " RV" IV, 42. 3. I am, oh Indra, \raruna, and mine are The deep wide pair of worlds, the...

...nil, to hide, to toss in a blanket. It is used metaphorically by Shakspeare, from the verb to blank. Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark. To cry, hold ! hold ! Shalupeare. My face I'll grime with filth , Blanket my loins ; tie all my hair in knots. Id. The...