trying get the last /var/adm/messages

grep \"^`date "+%b %d %T"`\" /var/adm/messages | egrep \"emerg|alert|crit|err|warning\

but get an output like this

ksh: alert:  not found
ksh: crit:  not found
ksh: err:  not found
ksh: warning":  not found
grep: can't open "19"
grep: can't open "16:27:16""
grep "^`date \"+%b %d %T\"`" /var/adm/messages | egrep "emerg|alert|crit|err|warning"

or by this command:

tail -f /var/adm/messages   | egrep "emerg|alert|crit|err|warning"