As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i Blackwood's Magazine - Pàgina 3491825Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Robert Ornstein - 2004 - 318 pàgines
...have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem? Letting "I dare not," wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' th' adage? Macbeth Prithee peace: I dare do all that may become a man, Who dares no more, is none. Lady. What... | |
| Anna Murphy Jameson - 2005 - 472 pàgines
...have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem; Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' the adage? MACBETH. Pr'ythee peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.... | |
| P.G. Wodehouse - 2007 - 842 pàgines
...sir, a character in a play of that name by the late William Shakespeare. He was deseribed as letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would", like the poor cat i' th' adage.' 'Well, that's how it is with me. I wobble, and I yacillate — if that's the word?' 'Perfectly correct,... | |
| Hugh Donald Forbes - 2007 - 321 pàgines
...might stand in the way of quickly and decisively doing whatever might appear to need doing. ('Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would "/Like the poor cat i' the adage' - who would eat fish but feared to wet his paws.) Both Grant and Strauss deplored the tendency... | |
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