...ruminating on the prophecy, " If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me, Without my stir." " Why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image...my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears &c. &c." We shall presently attempt to show that these passages will not bear out the reviewer in his...

...soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Coiiimvnciiig lliam Shakespeare to knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. My...

...swelling act Of the imperial theme.— I thank you, gentlemen. — This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given...suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, A* nd make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears (1) Trusted...

...swelling act Of the imperial theme. — I thank you, gentlemen. — This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good. — If ill, Why hath it given...Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose homd image doth unfix my ha1r, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...

...cannot be good. — If ill, W^hy hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? — I'm Thane of Cawdor ! If good, why do I yield to that...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature 1 Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings : My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,...

...becomes the accomplice of the " instruments of darkness," and is subdued to their purposes : — " Why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?" And then comes the refuge of every man of unfirm mind upon whom temptation is laid :— "If chance...

...swelling act Of the imperial theme. — I thank you, gentlemen. — This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill — cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given...seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature 7 Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings : My thought whose murder is yet but fantastical...

...If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cavvdor — If good, why do I yield to that suggestion, Whose...heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? It will be said, that the same "horrid suggestion" present,.; itself spontaneously to her, on the...

...disguising what they are.—MACB. III., 2. Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles.— DOCT. V., 1. Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image...heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature ?—MACB. I., 3. Would'st thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward...

...[Aside.-] This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me an earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane...? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings : 1 Strengthen. * Implicitly relied on. 5 Incite. My thought, whose murther yet is but fantastical,...