...called a catastrophe) to the last. "Thought, and done!" is the general motto; for as Macbeth says, The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. In every feature we see a vigorous heroic age in the hardy North which steels every nerve. The precise...

...even in the midst of breakfast, if any point in English biography or history came up, he would say. "the flighty purpose never is o'ertook unless the deed go with it," and take down a volume from the shelf or ask one of us to do so. • Little did he know, or at least...

...let his escutcheon be tarnished with this unseemly blot, when a few hard rubbings will get it out ? The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : From this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now To crown...

...[word, Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st3 my dread exploits . The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : From this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now To crown...

...called a catastrophe) to the last Thought, and done ! is the general motto ; for, as Macbeth says, " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it," In every feature we see a vigorous, heroic age, in the hardy North, which steels every nerve. The precise...

...25— v. 2. 477 Pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. 27 — iii. 5. 478 The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. 15 — iv. 1. 479 A good and virtuous nature may recoil, In an imperial charge/ 15 — iv. 3. 480 When...

...disapprove; Must list as their accomplices or foes : That stains our innocence, this wounds our peace. From Nature's birth, hence, Wisdom has been smit With sweet recess, and languish'd for the shade. This sacred shade and solitude, what is it ? 'Tis the felt presence of the...

...called a catastrophe j to the last. Thought, and done! is the general motto; for, as Macbeth says, " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it" In every feature we see a vigorous, heroic age, in the hardy North, •which steels every nerve. The...

...called a catastrophe j to the last Thought, and done ! is the general motto ; for, aa Macbeth says, " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it" In every feature we see a vigorous, heroic age, in the hardy North, which steels every nerve. The precise...

...— v. 2. 477 Pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. 27 — iii. 5. 478 The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. 15 — iv. 1. 479 A good and virtuous nature may recoil, In an imperial charge.* 15 — iv. 3. 480...