...What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? MALCOLM: Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF: I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I...remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee! Naught...

...What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? MALCOLM Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man. I...remember such things were That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? MALCOLM Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let...

...of this use see ABBOTT, § 145. 71. 72. such words That are, etc.] Compare, for this construction, 'I cannot but remember such things were That were most precious to me,' Macbeth, IV, iii, 222. 71. Which your heart prompts you] MALONE: Perhaps the meaning is, which your...

...person to person. Macduff defends his evident sorrow upon hearing of the death of his wife and children, "I cannot but remember such things were, / That were most precious to me" (4.3.222-3). When Macbeth asks of the Scottish physician who has been tending his wife, "How does your...

...ravenous Kite ! all three at one swoop! Male. Dispute it like a Man. Mat*. I shall. But I must first too feel it as a Man. I cannot but remember such things were, And were most precious to me : Did Heaven look on, And would not take their part? sinful Macduff, They...

...« Read it aloud and decide where you think the line endings should come. There are seven lines. • But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were that were most precious to me. Did • heaven look on, and would not take their part? Sinful ^ Macduff, they were all struck for thee....

...chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? MALCOLM Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF I shall do so; 220 But I must also feel it as a man. I cannot but remember such things were 226 dements faults Does Macduff suspect what Ross has to tell him? Why does Ross not tell him immediately?...

...ability to feel: MALCOLM: Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF: I shall do so; But I must also feel it like a man. I cannot but remember such things were That were most precious to me. (4.3.22o-4) Macbeth, by contrast, has 'supped full with horrors' (5.5.13), literally at the banquet...

...broken; cold regards are turned on us, and bitter language and slander, cruel as the grave, is ours. "I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me." You have decided, Fellow Whigs, that you can best contribute to the grand end we all seek, by a vote...

...Macduff is reacting to the news that his estate has been destroyed and his wife and children killed: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part! The utterance "I cannot but remember" is not a well-formed...