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" tis strange ! And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. "
The Tragedy of Richard III, with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the ... - Page 141
by William Shakespeare - 2001 - 500 pages
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brook*, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. 288. Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. 289. I dare do all that may become a man, Who dares do...
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Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 550 pages
...trusted home,t Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor : But 'tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...darkness tell us truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.— Cousins, a word, I pray you. Macb. Two truths are told, As happy...
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William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...trusted home, Might yet enkindle* you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...darkness tell us truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. — Cousins, a word, I pray you. Mach. Two truths are told As happy...
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Repräsentation von Zeit bei Shakespeare: Richard II, Henry IV, Macbeth

Jutta Schamp - 1997 - 382 pages
...Finsternis einläßt: [...]: And oftentimes, to win us to our härm, The Instruments of Darkness teil us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. (Shakespeare, Macbeth, I, 3, 123-126.) Macbeths Bereitschaft zum Handeln ist an dieser Stelle allerdings...
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By Authors Possessed: The Demonic Novel in Russia

Adam Weiner - 1998 - 344 pages
...admonition to Macbeth about the prophetic narrative of Shakespeare's Weird Sisters: " 'tis strange; / And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments...darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray s / In deepest consequence" (act 1, scene 3). The remainder of this chapter charts some possible...
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Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other ...

1999 - 62 pages
...blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. BANQUO. 'Tis strange. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. MACBETH. But ...King. (MACBETH and BANQUO confer silently.) ANNA....
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Die "Macbeth"-Opern von Giuseppe Verdi und Ernest Bloch: ein textueller und ...

Melanie Krämer - 2000 - 190 pages
...Ereignisse im Gegensatz zu Macbeth aus einer kritischen Distanz heraus beurteilen kann: ,3ut 'tis strange: / And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, / The instruments...honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence." (I, iii, 122-124) Mit diesen Zeilen spricht er, ohne es zu ahnen, zutreffende und wahre Worte aus:...
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Henry V, War Criminal?: And Other Shakespeare Puzzles

John Sutherland, Cedric Watts - 2000 - 244 pages
...diabolic, since the Devil can tell the truth to suit his purposes. As Banquo says in Macbeth: . . . oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.2 Nevertheless, on seeing Claudius's dismay and on hearing Claudius's troubled prayer,...
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Scare Quotes from Shakespeare: Marx, Keynes, and the Language of Reenchantment

Martin Harries - 2000 - 236 pages
...Duncan and the witches. One could say that Banquo offers the play's moral when he warns Macbeth: . . . oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, 14 Harry Berger, Jr., writes: "Note here that Banquo has intercepted and expropriated the nature-image...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...kings, When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me Promised no less to them?17 BANQUO Tis strange: and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. MACBETH (aside) Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. (turning back...
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