 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 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,...has done his worst ; nor steel nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further ! Another catalogue of the ills of life to be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 70 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1967 - 212 pages
...to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever...has done his worst. Nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further. LADY Come on, Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your... | |
 | Dennis Bartholomeusz - Literary Criticism - 1969 - 336 pages
...before he uttered a word, that his mind was ' full of scorpions ' — that he acutely felt — — 'Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place...Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.'1 The reference to a 'kingly crown' suggests that Kemble changed his costume for the third... | |
 | Mary Boykin Chesnut, Comer Vann Woodward, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld - Biography & Autobiography - 1984 - 324 pages
...rouse a lion than to start a hare. Would it were bed time Hal! & all were well!7 Lincoln will find it. Better be with the dead — Whom we to gain our place...Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy 8 Reed on friendship; It is with a true knowledge of human nature, & not with any morbid, &... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2014 - 236 pages
...to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever...Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, 25 Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further. Lady Macbeth Come on; Gentle my lord,... | |
 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on | the tor|ture of) the mind to lie In rest|less ecstasy. | Duncan | is in | his grave; After | life's fit|ful...| has done | his worst: | nor steel, | nor poison, 245 25 Malice | domestic, foreign le|vy, nothing, Can touch | h1m further. (Macbeth. 3.2.13-26) The... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - History - 1995 - 493 pages
...author, Shakespeare. He loved Macbeth above all the other plays and from it spoke the pensive lines: Duncan is in his grave. After life's fitful fever...has done his worst; nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further. Did the shadow of death pass across his brow... | |
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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 the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstacy.' Duncan... 
