 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued,...naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That... | |
 | Harald William Fawkner - Drama - 1990 - 276 pages
...taking-off; And Pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubins, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th'other — (1.7.18-28) Although murder (and not merely its "consequences") is prominently horrible... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Historical drama, English - 1998 - 276 pages
...his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; 20 And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the...of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye 6 shoal] F (Schoole) 22 cherubim] i (Cherubin); Cherubins MUIR note mi ll. I-7) ;F stresses the division... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...can pay. (I, iv) 105 And Pity, like a naked newborn babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, e Vision of Sir Launfal 17 And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come th' other— (I, vii) 106 Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 132 pages
...new-born babe, Striding the blast, or Heaven's cherubin, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air,30 Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on th'other Enter LADY MACBETH. How now, what news? LADY M. He has almost supped: why have you left the... | |
 | Kristin Linklater - Drama - 1992 - 236 pages
...new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubins (L), hors'd Upon the sightless couriers (L) of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,...— I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent (L), but only Vaulting ambition (L), which o'erleaps itself And falls on th'other . . . It is tempting... | |
 | Garry Wills - Drama - 1995 - 238 pages
...critics.* And the battles go on. The passage 15 difficult. No phrase in it but has caused problems. And pity like a naked new-born babe Striding the blast,...deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. It may help to take minor points first, since they can give clues to harder matters. 1. How do "tears... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued...naked new-born babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye That... | |
 | Michael Morrison - 1996 - 138 pages
......Besides this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued,...every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.... (I, vii, ll. 16-25, emphasis added) Shakespeare employs other devices, like synecdoche and metonymy, to... | |
 | Louva Irvine - Study Aids - 2013 - 126 pages
......Besides this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued,...every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.... (I, vii, 11. 16-25, emphasis added) Shakespeare's employs other devices, like synecdoche and metonymy,... | |
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Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim... 
