 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1967 - 212 pages
...a naked new-born babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed Upon the sightless curriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,...Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. Enter Lady Macbeth How now ? What news ? LADY He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 254 pages
...of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked, new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubims, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'er leaps itself And falls on the other [side]. Perhaps we can add a third passage with advantage,... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...of his taking-off; And Pity, like a naked new-born baby, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...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
...of his taking-off; And Pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubins, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...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... | |
 | Kristin Linklater - Drama - 1992 - 236 pages
...of his taking-off; And Pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubins, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other . . . I shall come back to this speech later, as it holds so many clues to speaking Shakespeare's... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...pay. (I, iv) 105 And Pity, like a naked newborn babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed n of Sir Launfal 17 And what 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... | |
 | David G. Allen, Robert A. White - History - 1995 - 332 pages
...rest to me." Later he tells himself that Duncan's virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu'd, against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And...deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. (1.7.19-25) His words to Lady Macbeth have no such power, no visionary terror; they do not express... | |
 | Don Taylor - Performing Arts - 1996 - 212 pages
...of his taking off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air Shall...Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. And falls on th'other. The process begins by simply following the surface meaning, and at the same time, unpicking... | |
 | Basil De Selincourt - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 396 pages
...his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off : And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the...deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. These reckless riders are the cherubim ; this naked babe is a similitude of Pity : but clearly to call... | |
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Hath borne his faculties so meek," hath been . So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off : And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's... 
