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" But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly: better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on... "
Macbeth. King John - Page 51
by William Shakespeare - 1788
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Macbeth: A Tragedy in Five Acts

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 70 pages
...things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly :...of the mind to lie, In restless ecstacy. Duncan is iti his grave ; After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst; nor steel, nor...
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An Inquiry Into the Philosophy and Religion of Shakspere

William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...death, not releasing us from the ills of life, but bringing us from bad to worse. Macbeth says : — Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place,...the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstacy. — Dnncan is in his grave ; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well ; Treason has done his worst...
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Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 574 pages
...to gain our place,2 have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.3 Duncan is in his grave ; After life's fitful fever,...Treason has done his worst ; nor steel, nor poison, 1 Sorriest, most melancholy. Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further! Lady M....
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Select plays [5 plays], with notes and an intr. to each play and a life of ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly : Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstacy.3 Duncan is in...
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Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly : Better be with the dead, rVhom we. to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie [n restless ecstasy.10 Duncan is in his grave ; \i i'-r life's fitful ferer, he sleeps well : Treason...
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The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction " ! ecstasy.' Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst...
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Studies of Shakspere: Forming a Companion Volume to Every Edition of the Text

Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...thought is exalted, and rendered terrible, by the peculiar cireumstances of the speaker's guilt : — " Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place,...Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless eestacy." There are, generally speaking, resemblances throughout the works of Shakspere, which his...
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Staffa and Iona described and illustrated

Staffa - 1850 - 186 pages
...the affliction of terrible dreams,' to the peace of this his last restingplace : — • ' Better he with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, have sent...Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless agony. Duncan is in his grave After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst...
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 606 pages
...things disjoint, Both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, a have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. 3 Duncan is in his...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors ...

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 pages
...things disjoint, Both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place,2 have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.3 Duncan is...
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