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Macbeth
[I, 3] |
First Witch |
101 |
A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,
And munch'd, and munch'd, and munch'd:—
'Give me,' quoth I:
'Aroint thee, witch!' the rump-fed ronyon cries.
Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the Tiger:
But in a sieve I'll thither sail,
And, like a rat without a tail,
I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
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2 |
Macbeth
[I, 3] |
Banquo |
139 |
How far is't call'd to Forres? What are these
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught
That man may question? You seem to understand me,
By each at once her chappy finger laying
Upon her skinny lips: you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so.
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3 |
Macbeth
[II, 4] |
Old Man |
959 |
'Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
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4 |
Macbeth
[III, 2] |
Macbeth |
1184 |
We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it:
She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth.
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 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 he sleeps well;
Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison,
Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing,
Can touch him further.
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5 |
Macbeth
[III, 4] |
Macbeth |
1275 |
Ourself will mingle with society,
And play the humble host.
Our hostess keeps her state, but in best time
We will require her welcome.
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6 |
Macbeth
[III, 4] |
Lady Macbeth |
1347 |
O proper stuff!
This is the very painting of your fear:
This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said,
Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,
Impostors to true fear, would well become
A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!
Why do you make such faces? When all's done,
You look but on a stool.
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7 |
Macbeth
[IV, 1] |
First Witch |
1620 |
Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten
Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten
From the murderer's gibbet throw
Into the flame.
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8 |
Macbeth
[IV, 2] |
(stage directions) |
1738 |
[Enter LADY MACDUFF, her Son, and ROSS]
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9 |
Macbeth
[IV, 2] |
Lady Macduff |
1746 |
Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes,
His mansion and his titles in a place
From whence himself does fly? He loves us not;
He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.
All is the fear and nothing is the love;
As little is the wisdom, where the flight
So runs against all reason.
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10 |
Macbeth
[IV, 2] |
Son |
1836 |
He has kill'd me, mother:
Run away, I pray you!
[Dies]
[Exit LADY MACDUFF, crying 'Murder!' Exeunt]
Murderers, following her]
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11 |
Macbeth
[IV, 3] |
Malcolm |
1887 |
Be not offended:
I speak not as in absolute fear of you.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds: I think withal
There would be hands uplifted in my right;
And here from gracious England have I offer
Of goodly thousands: but, for all this,
When I shall tread upon the tyrant's head,
Or wear it on my sword, yet my poor country
Shall have more vices than it had before,
More suffer and more sundry ways than ever,
By him that shall succeed.
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12 |
Macbeth
[IV, 3] |
Macduff |
1960 |
Fit to govern!
No, not to live. O nation miserable,
With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter'd,
When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
Since that the truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accursed,
And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father
Was a most sainted king: the queen that bore thee,
Oftener upon her knees than on her feet,
Died every day she lived. Fare thee well!
These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself
Have banish'd me from Scotland. O my breast,
Thy hope ends here!
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13 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2130 |
Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen
her rise from her bed, throw her night-gown upon
her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it,
write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again
return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep.
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14 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Doctor |
2135 |
A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once
the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of
watching! In this slumbery agitation, besides her
walking and other actual performances, what, at any
time, have you heard her say?
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15 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2140 |
That, sir, which I will not report after her.
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16 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2142 |
Neither to you nor any one; having no witness to
confirm my speech.
[Enter LADY MACBETH, with a taper]
Lo you, here she comes! This is her very guise;
and, upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close.
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17 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2148 |
Why, it stood by her: she has light by her
continually; 'tis her command.
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18 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Doctor |
2150 |
You see, her eyes are open.
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19 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Doctor |
2152 |
What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands.
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Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2153 |
It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus
washing her hands: I have known her continue in
this a quarter of an hour.
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