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...an action of violence, impetuosity, and tumult, like that of a savage rushing on his prey ; whereas the poet is here attempting to exhibit an image of...secrecy and caution, of anxious circumspection and guiltytimidity, the stealthy pace of a raviiher creeping into the chamber of a virgin, and of an assassin...

...art action of violence, impetupsity, and tumult, like that of a savage rushing on his prey; whereas the poet is here attempting to exhibit an image of...circumspection and guilty timidity, the stealthy pace of a ravisher creeping into the chamber of a virgin, and of an assassin approaching the bed of him whom...

...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, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate...

...thus personified : " Nowwitlier'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." Macbeth, Act II. Sc. I. This method, also, appears unsuitable to the simplicity with which the author...

...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, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate...

...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, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate...

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