 I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour,...  The Dramatic Censor: Or, Critical Companion ... - Page 100by Francis Gentleman - 1770Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 656 pages
...under his control. But Macbeth, on the contrary, reckons among the miseries of his condition, ' — Mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not, ' and pities the wretch who fears him. The towering ambition of Richard, and the weakness of that passion... | |
 | G. Wilson Knight - Christian drama, English - 2002 - 396 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (v. iii. 22) Then, later, even more famous: She should have died hereafter. There would... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (v. iii. 24) 1 This opposition of 'grace' and 'evil' I have already observed in The Wheel... | |
 | Mary Ann McGrail - Drama - 2002 - 200 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath. Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (V.iii.20-28) The way of life he has led is the life of a man who dies young, not the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. Macbeth — Macbeth V.iii I have fled myself; and have instructed cowards To run and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Dinah Jurksaitis - Drama - 2003 - 156 pages
...honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, 25 I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. Seyton! Enter SEYTON SEYTON What's your gracious pleasure? MACBETH What news more? 30... | |
 | Glynne Wickham - Art - 2005 - 328 pages
...Princes this language translates society into a little Hell, like Macbeth's Scotland, where Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not replace the 'honour, love' and 'obedience' due to the Prince. All is here lost, not only in this temporal... | |
 | Robin Tolmach Lakoff, Sachiko Ide - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 368 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny but dare not. (Act V, Scene III, 11. 24-28) As king, Macbeth would normally expect courtesy; but having forfeited... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not. Seton! SETON enters SETON What's your gracious pleasure? MACBETH What news more? 30 SETON... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - Drama - 2006 - 220 pages
...and in which kingship has brought him not 'honour, love, obedience, troops of friends' but 'Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not' (5.3.23-8). In 5.4 we see how one of the prophecies will unravel: Malcolm orders his... | |
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