 | Clare Constant, Susan Duberley - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 102 pages
...plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-oft. ... I have no spinTo prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on th'other. Adapted from Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 7 The same ideas in today's English... | |
 | Henry T. Edmondson - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 276 pages
...a darker kind of ambition in both Richard the Third and Macbeth. The latter admits "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/And falls on the others (Macbeth I:vii: 25-28). Abraham Lincoln sounds an unsettling warning... | |
 | Lindsay Price - 2001 - 40 pages
...his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. [Enter LADY MACBETH) 'How now! what news? LADY MACBETH: He has almost supp'd: why have... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...pocket as one's roll. Macbeth (i, 7), pondering the pathway to the throne, tells himself I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other. uem: expectorate; vomit. Gk emein. emetic. OED defines 8 associated words. Used figuratively,... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...here, upon this bank and shoal of time, / We'd jump the life to come. [I.vii.1-7] 10. I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on th' other- [I.vii.25-28] Y en tu hoja, y pomo, gotas de sangre, Que no estaban antes. No hay tal... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 2002 - 196 pages
...are associated with the castle of a knight and with medieval modes. "I have no spur", says Macbeth, "to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself, and falls on th'other" (i, vii, 26). In the next image we see the vaults of a medieval castle, whose most precious... | |
 | R. A. Foakes - Drama - 2003 - 242 pages
...of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other. (1.7.21-8) The sudden shifts from 'babe' to cherubs 'horsed' on winds, to blind 'couriers',... | |
 | Jeannette Sanderson - Drama - 2003 - 6 pages
...of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye That tears shall drown the wind? I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other. 4 Your Turn: As a beginning bard, describe something you own—a pet, bicycle, outfit,... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - Drama - 2003 - 276 pages
...the object of Macbeth's killing is Lady Macbeth's entrance to him upon his words, "I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on th' other" (I, vii, 25-6). By now I will take no one by surprise in expressing my sense that the... | |
 | Simon Duckett - Victims of crimes - 2003 - 506 pages
...CICA, referring to award made to Ms Z who survived attempted murder ...And Pity ... I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. William Shakespeare: Macbeth It is easy to attack any agency, especially if it cannot... | |
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Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other — Enter Lady... 
