Charles Dickens Quotes

I had been to see Macbeth at the theatre a night or two before and she reminded me of the faces rising out of the witches' cauldron.

Charles Dickens

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• I had been to see Macbeth at the theatre a night or two before and she reminded me of the faces rising out of the witches' cauldron.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Night
  • Theatre
  • Cauldron