 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 plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 551edited by - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Peter Holland - Drama - 2004 - 380 pages
...syntax of conditionals, a terrifying equation on a hypothetical scale of committedness: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this. (1.7.515-9) To make Macbeth a man, Lady Macbeth produces the death... | |
 | Paul Andre Harris, Michael Crawford - Philosophy - 2004 - 278 pages
...says: ... 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn, as you Have done, to this. (II.vii.54-58). ... Come, you spirits Stop up the access and passage... | |
 | Stephen Greenblatt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 460 pages
...ferocity: 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this. (1.7.54-59) Macbeth is weirdly aroused by this fantasy: Bring forth... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander - Literary Collections - 2004 - 310 pages
...infamous lines: 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 plucked my nipple from his boneless gurns And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this. (1.7.54-9) Clearly this picture... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...you. 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. MACBETH If we should fail? LADY M. We fail? But screw your courage... | |
 | Noël Greig - Playwriting - 2005 - 232 pages
...him on: 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (Act 1, Scene 7) Exposition arrives in all sort of forms: the arrival... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 260 pages
...you. I have given suck, and know69 55 How tender7" 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless71 gums And dashed the72 brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. Macbeth If we... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - Drama - 2006 - 292 pages
...intentions: 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (1.7.62-67) Her speech not only establishes her horrible repressed... | |
 | E. Beatrice Batson - Drama - 2006 - 198 pages
...hyperbole: 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 plucked my nipple...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (1.7.54-59)1 Seneca may directly inspire Lady Macbeth herself.2... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - Drama - 2006 - 220 pages
...the old saying wants to eat fish but is afraid to get her feet wet. 21 Disclose. KEY PASSAGES I 47 Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn As you have done to this. MACBETH If we should fail? LADY MACBETH We fail?23 60 But screw... | |
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