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If sleep charge nature , To break it with a fearful dream of him , And cry myself awake ? That's false to ' s bed , is it ? PISANIO . Alas , good lady ! IMOGEN . I false ? thy conscience witness , Iachimo , Thou didst accuse him of ...
If sleep charge nature , To break it with a fearful dream of him , And cry myself awake ? That's false to ' s bed , is it ? PISANIO . Alas , good lady ! IMOGEN . I false ? thy conscience witness , Iachimo , Thou didst accuse him of ...
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When she first hears that " Duncan comes there to sleep " she is so overcome by the news , which is beyond her utmost expectations , that she answers the messenger , " Thou'rt mad to say it : " and on receiving her husband's account of ...
When she first hears that " Duncan comes there to sleep " she is so overcome by the news , which is beyond her utmost expectations , that she answers the messenger , " Thou'rt mad to say it : " and on receiving her husband's account of ...
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A passing reflection of this kind , on the resemblance of the sleeping king to her father , alone prevents her from slaying Duncan with her own hand . In speaking of the character of Lady Macbeth , we ought not to pass over Mrs.
A passing reflection of this kind , on the resemblance of the sleeping king to her father , alone prevents her from slaying Duncan with her own hand . In speaking of the character of Lady Macbeth , we ought not to pass over Mrs.
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A heavy summons lies like lead upon me , And yet I would not sleep ; Merciful Powers , Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose . " In like manner , a fine idea is given of the gloomy coming on of evening ...
A heavy summons lies like lead upon me , And yet I would not sleep ; Merciful Powers , Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose . " In like manner , a fine idea is given of the gloomy coming on of evening ...
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Macbeth resolves to get rid of Macduff , that " he may sleep in spite of thunder ; " and cheers his wife on the doubtful intelligence of Banquo's taking off with the encouragement" Then be thou jocund : ere the bat has flown his ...
Macbeth resolves to get rid of Macduff , that " he may sleep in spite of thunder ; " and cheers his wife on the doubtful intelligence of Banquo's taking off with the encouragement" Then be thou jocund : ere the bat has flown his ...
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| Title | Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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