John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1386 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 1386 |
AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
QUOTATION: | It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern’st good-night. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 2. 1 [text] |
WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
Note 1. Act ii. sc. 1 in Dyce, Staunton, and White. [back] |