 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 370 Seiten
...those lines of Shakspeare to this infernal judge ! " Did yon say all 7 What, all? Oh, hell-kite, all 7 What, all my pretty chickens and their dam, At one fell swoop 7 " " The Queen's maids of honor," says Mr. Macaulay, " asked the royal permission, to wring money... | |
 | Paul Epstein, Richard Schechner - 1978 - 84 Seiten
...and cure this deadly grief. MACDUFF. He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop? MALCOLM. Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF. I shall do so. But I must also feel it as a man. MALCOLM.... | |
 | John B. Bremner - 1980 - 424 Seiten
..."savagely slaughter'd" by Macbeth, he cries, "All my pretty ones? / Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? / What, all my pretty chickens and their dam / At one fell swoop?" The hell-kite is Macbeth, who had swooped on his victims, Macduff s little chickens, like a hawk. At... | |
 | Robert W. Uphaus - 1981 - 172 Seiten
...grieves over their loss: He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam, At one fell swoop? (IV.iii.216-19) And in Act V Macbeth, told of his wife's death, contemplates the unfolding pattern... | |
 | I.F. Goldstein, M. Goldstein - 1984 - 428 Seiten
...a soliloquy expressing his guilt at having murdered his sleeping guest Duncan): Oh, hell-kite, all? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? The images above are drawn, respectively, from gardening (the first two), carpentry, weaving, and the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2014 - 236 Seiten
...this deadly grief. Macduff He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O, hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? 220 Malcolm Dispute it like a man. Macduff I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot... | |
 | Meena Alexander - 1989 - 240 Seiten
...the house, cried with well acted passion: All my pretty ones? Did you say all? - O hell kite! All? What! All my pretty chickens, and their dam, At one fell swoop! A pang of tameless grief wrenched every heart, a burst of despair was echoed from every lip. - I had... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - 1994 - 182 Seiten
...and the gruff captain bursts into exclamations of fury and surprise. Macd. . . . O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? Mai. Dispute it like a man. Macd. I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man. . . . O, I could play the woman with mine eyes And... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 Seiten
...almost say, some wicked notions have been spread about of their being 33. Macbeth 4.3.217—19: "All? / What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam, / At one fell swoop?" The speaker is Macduff, upon hearing of the slaughter of his entire family and household. 34. William... | |
 | Mary Jacobus - 1995 - 324 Seiten
...And finally, with Macduff's exclamation — All my pretty ones? Did you say all?— O hell kite! All? What! all my pretty chickens, and their dam, At one fell swoop! (p. 204; Macbeth 4.3.216-19) — "a burst of despair was echoed from every lip." As Verney puts it,... | |
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I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. 
