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" Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. "
The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play, with ... - Page 142
by William Shakespeare - 1752
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly : better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave ;...
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Macbeth and the Players

Dennis Bartholomeusz - Literary Criticism - 1969 - 336 pages
...before he uttered a word, that his mind was ' full of scorpions ' — that he acutely felt — — 'Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.'1 The reference to a 'kingly...
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Shakespeare's Styles: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Muir

Philip Edwards - Drama - 2004 - 264 pages
...in doubtful joy. (11. 4-7) Macbeth. Better be with the dead. Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. (11. 19-22) Earlier the understanding, however corrupt, was perfect; here there is...
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The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries, Volume 1

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Comer Vann Woodward, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld - Biography & Autobiography - 1984 - 324 pages
...rouse a lion than to start a hare. Would it were bed time Hal! & all were well!7 Lincoln will find it. Better be with the dead — Whom we to gain our place have sent to peace. Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy 8 Reed on friendship; It...
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Macbeth

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2014 - 236 pages
...terrible dreams That shake us nightly: better be with the dead, 20 Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done...
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Shogun Macbeth

John R. Briggs - Drama - 1988 - 82 pages
...before we'll eat our meal in fear, and sleep in the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstacy. Shogun is in...
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Shakespeare's Metrical Art

George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...terrible dreams That shake us night/y. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave (Macbeth. 3.2.18-22) Later in the history of English iambic...
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The Absent Shakespeare

Mark Jay Mirsky - Drama - 1994 - 182 pages
...lived after murdering King Duncan. . . . Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. (3.2.21-24) This suggests a sexual gratification or powerful stimulus in the horror,...
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Shakespeare as Prompter: The Amending Imagination and the Therapeutic Process

Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 482 pages
...Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.' (Macbeth III.2.16)...
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Shakespearean Power and Punishment: A Volume of Essays

Gillian Murray Kendall - Drama - 1998 - 232 pages
...he seems actually to envy his victim: Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace. Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done...
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