| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 pages
...with dishes and service. Then enter MACBETH. Macb. If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well I It were done quickly : if the assassination Could...bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.3 — But, in these cases, We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions,... | |
| 1850 - 524 pages
...punctuation, the sense of the passage is at once made apparent, as thus,— 41 If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well. It were done quickly, if the assassination...this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here," &c. but to make use of a paradox, it is not done when it in done; for this reason, there is the conscience... | |
| Harald William Fawkner - 1990 - 276 pages
...protest.16 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. — But in these cases, We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which,... | |
| Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequences, and catch With his surcease success: that but this...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 being... | |
| Kristin Linklater - 1992 - 236 pages
...of Duncan, his King: If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: if th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and...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,... | |
| Robert P. Merrix, Nicholas Ranson - 1992 - 320 pages
...enter Macbeth. Macbeth. If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly; if th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and...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 Blood instructions, which being... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1992 - 132 pages
...MACBETH 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...this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.29 But, in these cases, We still have judgement here, that we but teach 1, 7 45 Bloody instructions,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
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