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Angels and cherubim (1.7.12-25)

MACBETH He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who...

Even-handed justice (1.7.7-12)

MACBETH But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the...

If it were done... (1.7.1-7)

SCENE VII. Macbeth's castle. Hautboys and torches. Enter a Sewer, and divers Servants with dishes and service, and pass over the stage....

Service, honours and love (1.6.10-31)

DUNCAN See, see, our honour'd hostess! The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you...

The air is delicate (1.6.1-9)

SCENE VI. Before Macbeth's castle. Hautboys and torches. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, BANQUO, LENNOX, MACDUFF, ROSS, ANGUS, and...

This night's great business (1.5.66-73)

LADY MACBETH He that's coming Must be provided for: and you shall put This night's great business into my dispatch; Which shall to all...

The serpent and the innocent flower (1.5.62-66)

LADY MACBETH Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome...

The future in the instant (1.5.54-61)

Enter MACBETH Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! Thy letters have transported me beyond This...

Murdering ministers (1.5 47-54)

LADY MACBETH Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You...

Come, you spirits (1.5.38-47)

LADY MACBETH The raven himself is hoarse  That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits  That tend on...

The king comes here tonight (1.5.30-38)

Enter a Messenger LADY MACBETH What is your tidings?    Messenger The king comes here to-night. LADY MACBETH  Thou'rt mad to say it: Is...

Hie thee hither (1.5.25-29)

LADY MACBETH:   Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes...

The milk of human kindness (1.5.15-25)

Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised. - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human...

Lady Macbeth, reading a letter (1.5.1-14)

SCENE V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle.Enter LADY MACBETH, reading a letter LADY MACBETH 'They met me in the day of success: and I have...

A banquet of praise (1.4.54-58)

DUNCAN True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant, And in his commendations I am fed; It is a banquet to me. Let's after him, Whose care...

Stars, hide your fires! (1.4.48-53)

MACBETH [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide...

Establish our estate (1.4.35-47)

DUNCAN Sons, kinsmen, thanes, And you whose places are the nearest, know We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we...

Plant, grow and harvest (1.4.28-35)

DUNCAN Welcome hither: I have begun to plant thee, and will labour To make thee full of growing. Noble Banquo, That hast no less...

Absolute trust, loyalty and payment (1.4.14-28)

Enter MACBETH, BANQUO, ROSS, and ANGUS DUNCAN O worthiest cousin! The sin of my ingratitude even now Was heavy on me: thou art so far...

In the palace (1.4.1-11)

SCENE IV. Forres. The palace.Flourish. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, and Attendants DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are...

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