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" tis not done; the attempt and not the deed Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he slept I had done 't. "
The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 125
by James Ferguson - 1819
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Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised

William Shakespeare - 1784 - 116 pages
...done : — the attempt, and not the Confounds us : — Hark ! — I laid their daggers readfl He could not miss them. — *Had he not resembled ~ My father as he slept, I had don't. — My husband! Enter MACBETH. Mac. I have done the deed : — Didst thou not hea a noise ?...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 280 pages
...not done; th' attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us— Hark!— I laid the daggers ready, He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he...your fury; Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me; ] have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more.' Pleasure dissolves...
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Select British Classics, Volume 17

1803 - 408 pages
...done ; th' attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us. ...Hark !....! laid the daggers ready, He could not miss them Had he not resembled My father as he...speech of Don Sebastian. Here satiate all your fury t Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 558 pages
...— the attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us: — Hark ! — I laid their daggers ready, He could not miss them. — Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't. — My husband ? Enter Macbeth. Mac. I have done the deed: — Didst thou not hear a noise?...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 412 pages
...the attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us : — -Hark ! — I laid their daggers ready j He could not miss them. — Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't. — My husband? Enter MACBETH. Macb. I have done the deed: — Didst thou not hear a noise?...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 442 pages
...— the attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us: — Hark ! — I laid their daggers ready, He could not miss them. — Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't.6 — My husband? take away from this midnight season that present horror which suits so well...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 454 pages
...— the attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us: — Hark ! — I laid their daggers ready, He could not miss them. — Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't.8 — My husband? take away from this midnight season that present horror which suits so well...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...— the attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us : — Hark ! — I laid their daggers ready, He could not miss them. — Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had doneV9. — My husband ? Enter MACBETH. Macb. I have done the deed : — Didst thou not hear a noise...
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The British Essayists, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 pages
...done ; th' attempt and not the deed, Confounds us — Hark! — I laid the daggers ready, He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he...it.' Courage assumes a louder tone, as in that speech 4if Don Sebastian. ' Here satiate all your fury ; Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me ; r 1 have...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pages
...the whole line was derived. I am inclined to think it was from the following passage in Dryden : " Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me I have a soul that like an AMPLE SH IILD, Can take in all, and VEHGK ENOUGH for more ! Da v DEN'S Don Sebastian Gray in his Elegy has...
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