 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1856 - 374 pages
...needs sufficient resolution to tread the slippery rounds of the ladder that leads to it. He says, " I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but...ambition which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other side." With the world generally Macbeth appears, in his early career, to have stood in good estimation,... | |
 | Dennis Bartholomeusz - Literary Criticism - 1969 - 336 pages
...heav'ns cherubin hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air : Shall blow the horrid deed in ev'ry eye. That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur...Ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other . . . Enter J.aily Macbeth How nowl What news.1 Garrick regrettably omitted the comma after the first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2014 - 236 pages
...cherubin, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on th'other 54 Scene 7 A room in Macbeth 's castle. A Butler and several Waiters cross, carrying dishes... | |
 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...hors'd / Upon the sightless couriers of the air, / Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, \ c 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, / And falls on th' other — / " Figure 1. Macbeth, 1.7.1-28.Subscriptsindica1c the number ofin1crior lines included... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...a naked new-born baby, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,...Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps itself And falls on th' other. (82) Act n, Scene 1: The dinner is over, the guests retired. Except for a servant, Macbeth... | |
 | Harald William Fawkner - Drama - 1990 - 276 pages
...naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubins, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,...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
...communion cup in 'chalice'. wind, but they have scant relevance. chalice i. goblet; 2. cup used in the That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other— Enter Lady Macbeth LADY MACBETH How now ? What news ? He has almost supped: why have you... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...like a naked newborn babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed Upon the sightless couriers 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... | |
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Upon the sightless couriers* of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. — I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps itself, And falls on the other. 
