 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
 | Sam Dowling - Fiction - 2007 - 90 pages
...unmake 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 from...his boneless gums And dashed the brains out had I so sworn As you have done to this MACBETH If we should fail 26 We fail ? But screw your courage to... | |
 | Robert A. Logan - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 276 pages
...v, 39-49) 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 [Macbeth] Have done to this. (I, vii, 54-59) But — and it is an enormous "but" —... | |
 | Joan Fitzpatrick - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 188 pages
...single-mindedness: 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. (1.7.54-9) She again fulfills the role of feeder when she visits... | |
 | Emma Smith - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 6 pages
...Duncan: 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 .7.54-9) So Lady Macbeth has 'given suck' and yet Macbeth sees... | |
 | Fiona McNeill - Drama - 2007 - 20 pages
...the play, "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 gum, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this." (1.7.54—59). While her... | |
 | L. Divine - Young Adult Fiction - 2008 - 226 pages
...of a mother breastfeeding her baby and continue in character to deliver my lines. " '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,' " I say, feeling the power of Lady Macbeth's words to her husband.... | |
 | Erin Detrick - Drama - 2008 - 162 pages
...she said: I have given suck, and know Hon> 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 tiave done to this. I know that feeling. I have killed my babies because I have killed... | |
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