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1553 Admon. Bishoppes sig. A.ii An euerliuyng God that..wyl call all thynges into iudgement and to accompt and wyl render to euerye one his iust recompence vpon hys head.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 124 You Gods looke downe, And from your sacred Viols poure your graces Vpon my daughters head. View more context for this quotation

1660 G. Wither Speculum Speculativum 53 The Doom..will without all peradventure come Upon your heads.

1799 C. B. Brown Ormond xxvi. 293 All our toils will thus be frustrated, and the ruin will finally redound upon our heads.

1820 H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discov. & Trav. in Asia I. i. viii. 388 The Gentoos..coolly observed, that the blood was upon his head, and that they..could not be responsible for his barbarous conduct.

1847 Sharpe's London Mag. 21 Aug. 262/2 If evil or disgrace should befall you or yours in consequence, upon your own head be it.

1871 Hist. Mag. July 70/1 The displeasure of the good ‘Manido’ is upon his head.

1912 E. M. House Philip Dru xii. 77 Be candid with me, for, if you are not, the recoil will be upon your own head.

1998 R. Newman Manners 223 As if he's riding away to certain death and this is a blessing upon his head.

2008 D. Liss Whiskey Rebels 485 If my fall brings about the ruin of the nation, it will be upon Hamilton's head.