 | Wife - 1855 - 342 pages
...mercies vouchsafed, and endeavoured not to think of those which, she fancied, were withheld. CHAPTER IX. -Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths." Shakspeare. " Do you think you can procure me a copy of old Ashley's will?" asked Mrs. Captain, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 406 pages
...trusted home. Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But 't is strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. — Cousins, a word, I pray you. Macb. Two truths... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 532 pages
...of chaos in human society, but only to destroy them. In the words that Shakespeare gives to Banquo: 'oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of Darkness tell us truths. . . to betray's / In deepest consequence' (1.3.122ff). This much belief we must give to the witches... | |
 | Garry Wills - Drama - 1995 - 238 pages
...And break it to our hope" (5.8.21-22). It is what Banquo had predicted on the heath (1.3.123-26): And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of Darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's In deepest consequence. The unnatural thing is not Birnam Wood's moving... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - Christianity and literature. - 1996 - 288 pages
...skepticism becomes even clearer when, after a few moments of silence, he warns, But 'tis strange, And oftentimes, to win us to our harm The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. (1.3.122-126) Satan does not come initially with... | |
 | Adam Weiner - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 344 pages
...admonition to Macbeth about the prophetic narrative of Shakespeare's Weird Sisters: " 'tis strange; / And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray s / In deepest consequence" (act 1, scene 3). The remainder of this chapter... | |
 | Drama - 1999 - 62 pages
...heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. BANQUO. 'Tis strange. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. MACBETH. But ...King. (MACBETH and BANQUO confer... | |
 | John Sutherland, Cedric Watts - Literary recreations - 2000 - 244 pages
...diabolic, since the Devil can tell the truth to suit his purposes. As Banquo says in Macbeth: . . . oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.2 Nevertheless, on seeing Claudius's dismay and... | |
 | Melanie Krämer - Opera - 2000 - 190 pages
...Gegensatz zu Macbeth aus einer kritischen Distanz heraus beurteilen kann: ,3ut 'tis strange: / And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments of Darkness tell us truths; / Win us with honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence." (I, iii, 122-124) Mit diesen Zeilen spricht... | |
 | Martin Harries - Philosophy - 2000 - 236 pages
...Duncan and the witches. One could say that Banquo offers the play's moral when he warns Macbeth: . . . oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, 14 Harry Berger, Jr., writes: "Note here that Banquo has intercepted and expropriated the nature-image... | |
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tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. 
