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Page vi
... thee , Banquo ; thou shall beget kings , yet be no king . And so they departed , and came to the Court of Scotland , to Duncan king of Scots , and it was in the days of Edward the Con- fessor . And Duncan bade them both kindly welcome ...
... thee , Banquo ; thou shall beget kings , yet be no king . And so they departed , and came to the Court of Scotland , to Duncan king of Scots , and it was in the days of Edward the Con- fessor . And Duncan bade them both kindly welcome ...
Page viii
... remind us of Macbeth , ii . 2. 36 , and ii . 1. 47. In p . 319 , the words ' I'll rip thee down from neck to navel , ' recall Macbeth , i . 2. 22 . There are other passages in Middleton's play which sound like viii PREFACE .
... remind us of Macbeth , ii . 2. 36 , and ii . 1. 47. In p . 319 , the words ' I'll rip thee down from neck to navel , ' recall Macbeth , i . 2. 22 . There are other passages in Middleton's play which sound like viii PREFACE .
Page xxvii
... thee , than vnto him , for he shall reygne in deede , but with an vnluckie ende : neyther shall he leaue any issue behinde him to succeede in his place , where 12 contrarily thou in deede shalt not reygne at all , but of thee those ...
... thee , than vnto him , for he shall reygne in deede , but with an vnluckie ende : neyther shall he leaue any issue behinde him to succeede in his place , where 12 contrarily thou in deede shalt not reygne at all , but of thee those ...
Page xxviii
... thee to purchase 13 that which the third sayd should come to passe . ، ' Wherevpon Makbeth reuoluing the thing in his minde , began euen then to deuise howe he mighte attayne to the kingdome : but yet hee thought with himselfe that he ...
... thee to purchase 13 that which the third sayd should come to passe . ، ' Wherevpon Makbeth reuoluing the thing in his minde , began euen then to deuise howe he mighte attayne to the kingdome : but yet hee thought with himselfe that he ...
Page xxxvi
... thee the crowne , there is golde and riches inough in Scotlande to satisfie thy greedie desire . ' Then sayde Malcolme againe , I am furthermore inclined to dissimulation , telling of leasings 29 and all other kinds of deceyt , so that ...
... thee the crowne , there is golde and riches inough in Scotlande to satisfie thy greedie desire . ' Then sayde Malcolme againe , I am furthermore inclined to dissimulation , telling of leasings 29 and all other kinds of deceyt , so that ...
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Popular passages
Page 12 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 96 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...
Page 111 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 6 - My noble partner You greet with present grace, and great prediction Of noble having, and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal ; to me you speak not ; If you can look into the seeds of time, And say, which grain will grow, and which will not, (1) A man forbid, — one under a curse, accursed.
Page 89 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 34 - We have scotch'd ° the snake, not kill'd it : She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. But let the frame of things disjoint,° both the worlds ° suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly : better be with the dead,° Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, 20 Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.
Page 12 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 11 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win : thou'ldst have, great Glamis, That which cries 'Thus thou must do, if thou have it'; And that which rather thou dost fear to do 22 Than wishest should be undone.
Page 13 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ' Hold, hold !
Page 19 - Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.