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...dire calamity, disease, or death. Thus one of our earlier poets — " The sad presaging Raven tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak ; And,...silent night, Doth shake contagion from her sable wing." No where perhaps more than in our own island did these superstitious notions prevail, till the...

...lists, and kept watch during the night. CHAPTER XI. Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in...contagion from her sable wings ; Vex'd and tormented, runa poor Barrabas, With fatal curses towards these Christians. Jan of Malta. THE Disinherited Knight...

...watch during the night. * Presumption, insolence. ^-"-^^ Tims, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in...from her sable wings ; Vex'd and tormented, runs poor Barrabas, With fatal curses towards these Christians. JEW oP MALTA. HE Disinherited Knight had no sooner...

...how in the end thou shalt be visited." The warning was — Like the sad presaging raven, that tolls o Pulley.') When God at first made man, Having a glass...blessings standing by, ' Let us,' said he, ' pour on sabïe wings. Jea> ¡if Malta. Marlow's fatal conflict is supposed to have taken place at Dcptford,...

...how in the end thou shalt be Tinted.' The warning was — Like the sad presaging raren, that tolla The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent ni|ht Doth shake contagion from her sable wings. Jew qf Malta. Mill-low's fatal conflict is supposed...

...how in the end thou shalt be visited.' The warning was — Like the sad presaging raven, that tolls e, The which, as soon as sobbing sighs, alas, Upsupped...plaint renew : 0 place of bliss ! renewer of my woes, Jnc of Malta. Marlow's fatal conflict is supposed to have taken place at Dcptford, as he was buried...

...the ominous and obscene bird — " The sad-presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport from her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings." Marlow's life was as wild and irregular as his genius, and his death at once tragic and deplorable....

...be visited.' The warning was — Like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport iu as the oak. The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear n wing*. Joe qf Malta. Marlow's fatal conflict is supposed to have taken place at Deptford, as he was...

...light*. BARA. Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beakf, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, * Enter Earabas, with a light'] The scene is now before the house of Barabas, which has been turned...