 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...  The United Presbyterian Magazine - Page 211878Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...gentlemen. — 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...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings : My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,... | |
 | Leonard Withington - Digital images - 1836 - 532 pages
...against it. The idea of murder crosses his mind ; he is agitated ; and these are no good symptoms. Why do I yield to that suggestion, Whose horrid image...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings; My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...ill ; cannot bo good: — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth 7 e. Paul. It is yours ; And, might we lay the old proverb to your charge, So like ra*' hair, And make my seatcdT heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears Are... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1837 - 690 pages
...told him he was to be king: they had not said a word about the means. He instantly supplies them : " Why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image...heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature." The dreaded word itself soon comes : " My thought, whose MURDER yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Dramatists, English - 1997 - 380 pages
...is implied transports him into the (/-world: If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success. . .? If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid...my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs? He tries to disclaim decision: he will let the //-world guide his actions: If chance will have me king... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...1. 136-37(1623). Macbeth muses on the Witches' prophesy that he will be king, "Whose horrid ¡mage doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature." Feelings 1 The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. MARIANNE... | |
 | George Copway - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 276 pages
...alteration, from the immortal bard of Avon: — "They were so terrible, that they shook my soul, and made my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature; cold drops of sweat hung on my trembling flesh, my blood grew chilly, and I seemed to freeze with horror."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 244 pages
...from the first: 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...heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature? (1.3.130-7) Between the two plays, Shakespeare has shifted from a medieval to a modern conception of... | |
 | Rollo May - Psychology - 1999 - 292 pages
...Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? 1 am Thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? . . . He is so caught up and overwhelmed by these thoughts that he can only add another paradox: "nothing... | |
 | Martin Harries - Philosophy - 2000 - 236 pages
...of this split: 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...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? (I. iii. 130-37) For Macbeth, "supernatural soliciting" elicits a response that is "Against the use... | |
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