Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought... Transactions - Seite 353von New Shakspere Society (London, England) - 1875Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 Seiten
...smiles upon me, And points at them for his. — What ! is this so ? " Ma il,. Time, thou na!ii-iliat'st my dread exploits: The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." Surely, this poetry was written to illustrate this philosophy, and that, too, by one who understood,... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 Seiten
...unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." 42. Shakespeare, Mr.cletli, IV. I : " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." 52. Suspended in Limbo ; neither in pain nor in glory. 55. Brighter than the star ; than "that star... | |
| Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 390 Seiten
...legs for necessity, not for flexure, Troiluis and Cressida, ii. 3. FLIGHTY. Swift ; speedy ; fleeting. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. Macbeth, iv. 1. To FLINCH. To err; to be mistaken; to fail. If I break time, or flinch in property... | |
| Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 386 Seiten
...legs for necessity, not for flexure. Troilius and Crestada, ii 3. FLIGHTY. Swiß ; speedy ; fleeting. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. Macbeth, iv. 1. To FLINCH. To err; to be mistaken; to fail. If I break time, or flinch in property... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...shadows, so depart. Act iv. Sc, i. What ! will the line stretch out to the crack of doom ? Act iv. Sc. i. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Act iv. Sc. i. When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors. Act iv. Sc. 2. Angels are bright... | |
| Edward Payson Evans - 1869 - 304 Seiten
...commences (originates) in a supernatural influence. 17. It may be shown. 18. Ambitious curiosity. 19. " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." Act IV. Sc. I. 30. Slit alle barf man nur erinnern, we need only allud« bem „IntUGbejc." p. 88.... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 486 Seiten
...unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." 42. Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. I : — "The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it." 52. Suspended in Limbo ; neither in pain nor in glory. 55. Brighter than the star ; than " that star... | |
| Possession - 1870 - 498 Seiten
...keeps out much light. Satan does not care how you are employed, if not at your proper work. — Cecil. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. — Shakspeare. How strange is the power of accustomed phrases to conceal from us the ideas they are... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1871 - 842 Seiten
...Fled to England! Len. Av, my good lord. Mnr'i. Time, thou atiticipat'st'rny dread exploits: The Highly er myself, Prevented from a damned enterprise: My fault, hut not my body, pardon, tirstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings ol my hand. And even now To crown my thoughts with acts,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1871 - 544 Seiten
...found only in this poet; otherwise the tragic muse might exchange her mask for the head of Medusa.'* ' in fair, fit for these days ! A giving hand, though foul, shall ha Shakspeare followed the chronicle of Holinshed, and Hplinshed borrowed his narration from the chronicU... | |
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