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" Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. "
Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised - Page 13
by William Shakespeare - 1784
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An essay on the character of Macbeth [in answer to an article in the ...

1846 - 116 pages
...appears to be a man not destitute of the feelings of humanity. His lady gives him that character : ' I fear thy nature ; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way.' which apprehension was well founded ; for his reluctance to commit the murder is owing, in a great...
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Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verse

Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson - 1847 - 142 pages
...art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet I do fear thy nature ; it is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way....art not without ambition ; but without the illness that should attend it. What thou wouldst highly, that thou wouldst holily : wouldst not play false,...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 506 pages
...by Scotland of the crown of England, as a fief. * missives from the ting,] \. e. messengers. Qlamis thou art, and Cawdor ; and shalt be What thou art...promis'd : — Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o'the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way : Thou would'st be great ; Art not without ambition...
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Studies of Shakespeare in the Plays of King John, Cymbeline, Macbeth, As You ...

George Fletcher (essayist.) - 1847 - 418 pages
...prophecy, — Mrs. Siddons naturally falls into the common misinterpretation of the lady's soliloquy — Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, &c. This, which on the page of Shakespeare stands only as Lady Macbeth's idea of her husband's character...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...to thy heart ¡ and farewell. Gltimis thou art, and Cawdor ; and shall be What thou art proimVd :— Yet do I fear thy nature . It is too full o' the mtlk of human kindaese, To catch the nearest way : Thou would'sl be great ; Art not without ambition...
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Studies of Shakespeare: In the Plays of King John, Cymbeline, Macbeth, As ...

George Fletcher - 1847 - 416 pages
...deliberate as to the trustworthiness of such promises. She promptly echoes his expressions of belief: — Glamis thou art, and Cawdor ; and shalt be What thou art promis'd. Again : — The golden round Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal....
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Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...greatness it promised thee. Lay it to thy heart, md farewell. Glamis them art, and Cawdor ; and ahalt be What thou art promis'd : — Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o'the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way : Thou would'st be great ; Art not without ambition...
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The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...thy heart, andfarewelL Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shall be Whal Ihou art promis'd г — Yel h my teeth, and lips; And dull, unfeeling, barren ignorance Is made my gaoler to attend on me. ambilion ; but wilhoul The illness should attend it What thou wouldst highly. That wouldst thou holily;...
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Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 pages
...MAL. IV., 3. I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing.—DUN. I., 4. I fear thy nature ; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness, to catch the nearest way.—LADY MI, 5. If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.—MACB....
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Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1850 - 398 pages
...admirably conceived and delineated. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor ; and shalt be What thou art promised: — Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk o' human kindness, To catch the nearest way. Thou would'st be great ; Art not without ambition; but...
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