 I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.  King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts - Page 39by William Shakespeare - 1808 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1863 - 412 pages
...conscience becomes seared. Covert reverted to the thought of poison. He probably felt like Macbeth : " I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er:" But true to his principle of never doing anything directly contrary to law, and confining himself to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 132 pages
...of them but in his house I keep a servant fee'd. I will tomorrow (And betimes I will) to the Weyard Sisters. More shall they speak: for now I am bent...own good, All causes shall give way. I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, 3,4 Returning were as tedious as go o'er: Strange things... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Hugh Black-Hawkins - Drama - 1992 - 68 pages
...blood .... What is the night? Lady Macbeth. Almost at odds with morning, which is which. Macbeth. . . . Now I am bent to know By the worst means the worst....own good All causes shall give way. I am in blood Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 19W, p. 263 (1941). On June 10 Italy declared war against France. 114 I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, act III, scene iv, lines 136-38. Macbeth is speaking. Blacklist and foul... | |
 | Julian Markels - American fiction - 1993 - 180 pages
...whole course was predestined, and he becomes inhumanly fearless like Macbeth until he echoes Macbeth's "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I...wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er" (Macbeth IILiv.136-38): "So far gone am I on the dark side of earth that its other side, the theoretic... | |
 | Frans Jozef van Beeck - Catholic Church - 1997 - 450 pages
..."final" justice "out there." For justice [ti] Macheth might have written the prescription for this: "For mine own good ' All causes shall give way: I...wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er. / Strange things t have in head that will to hand, / which must be acted ere they may be scann'd" (William... | |
 | John Spencer Hill - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 224 pages
...knows what he is doing, knows what he has become; his perseverance in evil is an act of conscious will: For mine own good All causes shall give way. I am...wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd. (3.4.134-9)... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 420 pages
...Macbeth's reflection on his own increasingly murderous and self-defeating attempt to hang on to power: 'I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far, that, should I...wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er' (111. ^.135-7). A truism of the modern world it may be, but it took a classical scholar to come up... | |
 | Tom Stoppard - Drama - 1998 - 226 pages
...kind good-night to all! Stones have been known to move and trees to speak; And betimes I will—to the weird sisters. More shall they speak; for now I am bent to know By the worst means the worst. (Thunder and lightning. Three WITCHES.) WITCHES: Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron... | |
 | Aileen M. Carroll - Education - 2000 - 148 pages
...of evil, there is no turning back. 9. He has spies in various lords' houses and trusts no one. 10. For mine own good All causes shall give way. I am...wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, Which must be acted e'er they may be scann'd. Reading... | |
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