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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, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised - Page 42
by William Shakespeare - 1784
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The club-book: original tales, by [G.P.R.] James [and others] ed. by the ...

Club book - 1836 - 550 pages
...reached, and with which I was neither satisfied nor pleased. THE BOOK OF LIFE. BY JOHN GALT. Better Iw with the dead Whom we, to gain our place, have sent...than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecsiacy. •—THE story is in itself singular, and when you have heard how strangely the coincidences...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...malio* Remains in danger of her former tooth. But let the frame of things disjoint, Both the worlds of late much retired from court ; and is less frequent...princely exercises, than formerly he halh appeared. Po : Belter be wilh the dead, Whom we, to gain our place,1 have sent to peace, Than on the torture of...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 pages
...Itcmains in danger of her former tooth. But let The frame of things disjoint, both the worlds Buffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the...affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly : Belter be with the dead, Whom we. to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the...
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The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...shake us nightly : better be with the dead, \V hon» we, to gain our place, have sent to peace, Ttuo hakespeare ; Alter life's fitful lever, he sleeps well ; I n-ison has done hi» worst : nor steel, nor poison,...
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Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night ...

Peggy O'Brien - 1993 - 292 pages
...tendency of the world to challenge his desire, But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep...affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly. (3.2.18-22) The dreams of perfection have become the nightmares that torture Macbeth and Lady Macbeth....
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Shakespeare as Prompter: The Amending Imagination and the Therapeutic Process

Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - 1994 - 482 pages
...and Macbeth are tormented by a bad conscience: 'But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep...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.' (Macbeth III.2.16)...
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Macbeth

William Shakespeare - 1994 - 268 pages
...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...dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Lady Macbeth urges her husband to put the past behind him. Macbeth hints that he has a plan in hand...
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Dangerous Familiars: Representations of Domestic Crime in England, 1550 - 1700

Frances E. Dolan - 1994 - 274 pages
...becomes a central image of disorder in the play. Macbeth imagines distress in terms of beds and tables: "We will eat our meal in fear and sleep / In the affliction...of these terrible dreams / That shake us nightly" (3.2.19-21). Similarly, when one of the lords imagines restored order after Macbeth is dethroned and...
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An anatomy of sleep: die Schlafbildlichkeit in den Dramen William Shakespeares

Marcus Noll - 1994 - 184 pages
...menschlichen Existenz verweist. Wenn Macbeth sich zur Ermordung Banquos mit den Worten entschließt, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams t hat shake us nightly... (Macbeth, IE, 2, 19-21) so bringt er damit zum Ausdruck, daß ihn die Furcht...
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The Absent Shakespeare

Mark Jay Mirsky - 1994 - 182 pages
...he has lived after murdering King Duncan. . . . 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. (3.2.21-24) This suggests a sexual gratification or powerful stimulus in the horror, the restlessness,...
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