Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman,

Which gives the stern'st good-night.

Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 2.[119:1]

The attempt and not the deed

Confounds us.

Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 2.[119:1]

I had most need of blessing, and "Amen"

Stuck in my throat.

Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 2.[119:1]

Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more!