...the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spilr To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'efleaps itself And falls ori the other — Enter LADY MACBETH How now! what news? LADY M. He has...

...of his taking-off ; 20 And pity, like a naked new-born babe Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only 25 Enter Lady Macbeth. How now ! what news ? Lady M. He has almost supp'd. Why have you left the chamber...

...obeyed the caution uttered by his nobler self: 1. Renr? VIII. III. II. 2. Hca, VI. Part IlTX & • ' I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleap* itself And falls on th' other side." Happy had he halted his wild passion at the foreseen...

...confidence begins to desert him; he sees that he has more ambition than he may be able to carry out — I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition which o'crleaps itself And falls on th' other — Why is this place called the bank and shoal of time? A...

...berausche mich nicht mit Hoffnungen, die zur Hölle führen." Eine Anlehnung an die Verse des Originals: „I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o' erleaps itself And falls on the other." ist aber außerdem unverkennbar. — Der Lady Rückkehr...

...the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur 25 To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'cr-leaps itself And falls on the other. — Enter LADY MACBETH. How now ! what news ? Lady Macbeth....

...like the wind." 25. That tears shall drown: The French have a saying: " A little rain beats down a big wind." I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, etc.: If Macbeth were about to ride on horse-back he would buckle on his spurs and then vault into...

...like the wind." 25. That tears shall drown: The French have a saying: " A little rain beats down a big wind." I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, etc. : If Macbeth were about to ride on horseback he would buckle on his spurs and then vault into...

...the horrid deed in 18 every eye, That 14 tears shall 12 drown the wind. I have no spur To prick 16 the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself 16 And falls on the other side. XV FROM SHAKSPERE'S "HAMLET" Hamlet. How 17 all occasions do 18 inform...

...Macbeth is blamed for being " infirm of purpose" (II, ii, 51), and when he himself speaks of having " no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition " (I, vii, 26), thus comparing himself to a lazy horse requiring to be spurred. We could not imagine...