 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 78 pages
...'were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammelt up the consequence, and catch With his surcease,^...bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. — But, in these cases, We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which,... | |
 | Bennett Simon - 1988 - 292 pages
...well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With its surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the...bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; (1.7.1-8) If, standing at one point and place in time,... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - 1993 - 292 pages
...desire for certainty: If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence and...but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all . . . (1.7.1-5) If only we could be sure that it would be finished, if only we could control every... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - 1994 - 182 pages
...devils him, bends back belief to disbelief. Macbeth begins by juggling with theological reflection. ... If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence,...here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come. (1.7.2-7) In this context scholars believe "jump" means "risk," but to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...cry 'Hold, hold!' 66 If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and...-; here, But here upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody... | |
 | Garry Wills - 1995 - 238 pages
...emphasized this way: If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence and...be-all and the end-all here, But here! — upon this rank and school of time We'd jump the life to come. But . . . This is just the first of three difficult... | |
 | Ewald Standop - 1995 - 172 pages
...Gleichsetzung von "surcease" mit Tod'. Die alte Crux "this bank and shoal of time" in den Versen ... that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all...bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. - (I.7.4ff.) ist nicht dadurch zu lösen, daß man mit dem Herausgeber annimmt, Shakespeare habe wahrscheinlich... | |
 | Don Taylor - 1996 - 212 pages
...Macbeth: If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th'assasination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his...bank and shoal of time We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgement here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which being... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With its surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the...bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. (1.7.1-7) Throughout the play, "done," "do," and "act" are key words. Macbeth is about the risks that... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1668). 5 If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th'assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his...bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616) British dramatist, poet. Macbeth, in Macbeth, artl.sc. 7, 1. 1-7(1623).... | |
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tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, —... 
