An essay on the character of Macbeth [in answer to an article in the Westminster review]., Volume 2271846 |
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... utterly remorseless at the opening of the tragedy , we could not but consider his utterance of the fore- going passages , in that spirit of sincerity with which it is usually supposed that Shakspeare intended they should be delivered by ...
... utterly remorseless at the opening of the tragedy , we could not but consider his utterance of the fore- going passages , in that spirit of sincerity with which it is usually supposed that Shakspeare intended they should be delivered by ...
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... utterly deficient in principle , he is totally destitute of any strength of principle ; the virtuous resolu- tions and good intentions of one moment are not in him of sufficient strength to withstand the criminal suggestions of another ...
... utterly deficient in principle , he is totally destitute of any strength of principle ; the virtuous resolu- tions and good intentions of one moment are not in him of sufficient strength to withstand the criminal suggestions of another ...
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... utterly deny that it is anything like a fair inter- pretation of the motives and feelings under the influence of which Macbeth gives utterance to the soliloquy alluded to . Let us attentively ex- amine that soliloquy for ourselves ...
... utterly deny that it is anything like a fair inter- pretation of the motives and feelings under the influence of which Macbeth gives utterance to the soliloquy alluded to . Let us attentively ex- amine that soliloquy for ourselves ...
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... utterly degraded mind must be , of the loss of his own self - respect , and of the esteem of all good men , he shrinks from the commission of a deed which would render him utterly unworthy of the " golden opinions " he has so lately won ...
... utterly degraded mind must be , of the loss of his own self - respect , and of the esteem of all good men , he shrinks from the commission of a deed which would render him utterly unworthy of the " golden opinions " he has so lately won ...
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... from him the sentiments he utters ; and , while utterly despising him for expressing those sentiments , she scorns to enter upon any argument with her husband in regard to them ; - but , keeping steadily in view the single fact 60.
... from him the sentiments he utters ; and , while utterly despising him for expressing those sentiments , she scorns to enter upon any argument with her husband in regard to them ; - but , keeping steadily in view the single fact 60.
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Page 28 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Page 2 - Yet do I fear thy nature; 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.
Page 57 - Look like the time ; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue : look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it. He that's coming Must be provided for : and you shall put This night's great business into my despatch : Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.
Page 98 - Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
Page 74 - They hailed him father to a line of kings : Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.
Page 90 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't: I have supp'd full with horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Page 62 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 17 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 52 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 43 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.