 And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then, yield thee, coward, And live to be the show and gaze o...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 5031818Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 678 pages
...lines are said by Macbeth to Macduff and should read: And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word or promise to our ear, And break it to our hopes!— I'll not fight with thee" (Macbeth, Act V, Scene... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...in resolution, and begin To doubt th1 equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth. And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hopel (Mac. V. v. 42-44; V.viii. 19-22) .Ein derartiger... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Biography & Autobiography - 1967 - 904 pages
...tells me so, For it hath cow'd my better part of man! And be these juggling fiends no more believed That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope." Your condition will be worse than this. Mark, the... | |
 | John Milton - History - 1991 - 320 pages
...Presbyterians is best encapsulated by his repeated allusions to a speech in Shakespeare's Macbeth: And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ears, And break it to our hope. (v. 9. 19-22) The Presbyterians had likewise 'juggl'd... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - History - 1995 - 544 pages
...them all. Touching religion: "However desirable," he observes, i5. Macbeth 5.8.19-22: "And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, / That palter with us in a double sense; / That keep the word of promise to our ear, / And break it to our hope." unity may be, diversity—that is to say, investigation... | |
 | Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg - Self-Help - 1996 - 212 pages
...there are any changes he would like to see you make. Putting up With Broken Promises "And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope. " —SHAKESPEARE "We promise according to our hopes,... | |
 | John Charles Franceschina - Fiction - 1996 - 480 pages
...which were significant to the appreciation of the play: "Be these juggling fiends no more believed. That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear. And break it lo our hope."— .Macbeth. and -- "Is it not written. that Whoe'er... | |
 | Hubert H. Harrison - Social Science - 1997 - 154 pages
...looking askance at any new gospel of freedom. Freedom to them has been like one of "those juggling fiends That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope." In this connection, some explanation of the former... | |
 | Melvin J. Lasky - Social Science - 506 pages
...begged for "respect for the singers." And a heckler cried, "But they can't even sing!" And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear. And break it to our hope. (Macbeth, V.vii.48) In London, as I recall, this kind... | |
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