 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
 | James C. Bulman - 1985 - 276 pàgines
...Lady Macbeth challenges that decency by accusing him of a cowardly failure of desire—of "Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' / Like the poor cat i' th' adage" (1.7.45—46). Daring, of course, is an essential ingredient in any hero; so when she accuses him of... | |
 | Peter Burke, Roy Porter - 1987 - 236 pàgines
...In the best-known Shakespearian reference to a proverb. Lady Macbeth chides her husband for 'Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would", like the poor cat i' th' adage.' To Shakespeare's audience an allusion (The cat would catfish yet dare not wet its feet) was sufficient;... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1994 - 796 pàgines
...political oeconomy, or at least what is wiser and better than what men now practic/se and endue /re. But we let "I dare not wait upon I would, like the poor cat in the adage." We want the creative faculty to imagine that which we know; we want the generous impulse... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1997 - 380 pàgines
...thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem. Letting [contemptuously] "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' th' adage? Macbeth tried bravely — but not very stoutly — to defend himself. He begged her. Prithee, peace.... | |
 | Tom Stoppard - 1998 - 226 pàgines
...will proceed no further in this business. LADY MACBETH: And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would', Like the poor cat i' the adage? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep—... | |
 | J. H. Woodger - 2000 - 528 pàgines
...methodological phenomenalism '. In this form phenomenalism appears as a timid doctrine — letting ' " I dare not " wait upon, " I would " ', like the poor cat i' the adage ', and either handing over the task of daring to philosophy, or declaring it to be impossible,... | |
 | Susannah York, William Shakespeare - 2001 - 124 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? When you durst do it, then you were a man And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more... | |
 | Lindsay McNab, Imelda Pilgrim, Marian Slee - 2001 - 212 pàgines
...have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, 5 And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would', Like the poor cat i' the adage? MACBETH Prithee, peace. to I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.... | |
 | Ray Barker, Christine Moorcroft - 2003 - 70 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? Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. What beast... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Dinah Jurksaitis - 2003 - 156 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 Prithee, peace. 45 I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.... | |
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