 whose plan obliged him to make Macbeth yield, has not confuted, though he might easily have shown that a former obligation could not be vacated by a latter. NOTE XVII. LETTING I dare not, wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' th' adage. The adage alluded...  The Works of Samuel Johnson... - 304. oldalszerző: Samuel Johnson - 1825Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1868 - 600 oldal
...irresolution, calls up the adage, ' The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet ' :— ' Letting " I dare not " wait upon " I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage.' Macbeth, I. vii. 44. From the Merchant of Venice comes ' The Devil can cite scrip ture... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 234 oldal
...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: I dare do all that may become a man ; Who dares do more is none.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 674 oldal
...have that Which thou estecm'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 MACB. Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none. LADY... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1870 - 378 oldal
...your feet. " The cat is fain the fish to eat, but hath no will to wet her k<&."—English. " Letting ' I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' like the poor cat i' the adage."—Macbeth. Like the cowts o' Bearbughty, ye're cowts till ye're best's by. Like the cur... | |
 | Henry Green - 1870 - 638 oldal
...defence for writing so much,—it is the absence of far more that might be gathered,— " Letting ' I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage." Macbeth, act i. sc. 7, L 44. * See the fable of the Wolf and the Ass from the Dialogues... | |
 | Henry Green - 1870 - 644 oldal
...defence for writing so much,—-it is the absence of far more that might be gathered,— " Letting ' I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage." Macbeth, act i. sc. 7, L 44. * See the fable of the Wolf and the Ass from (he Dialogues... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 698 oldal
...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? Macb. Pr'y thee, peace : I dare do all that may become a man ; Who dares do more, is none.... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1870 - 550 oldal
...own composition. The last line is, of course, altered from one in Macbeth, act I. sc. 7 : Letting " I dare not" wait upon " I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. The fourth and eighth lines of Coleridge's version are simply contemptible. ST. IXVII. To... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1870 - 802 oldal
...other. — Act i. Se. ^. I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people. Act i. &. ^. Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' the adage. Act ¡. &. ^. I dare do all that may become a man ; Who dares do more, is none. Act i. Sc.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1963 - 252 oldal
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