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" Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this... "
The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 186
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...all erudition. TC ii. 3. CELERITY. Celerity is never more admir'd. Then by the negligent. AC iii. 7 The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. M. iv. I. CENSURE (See also OPINION). "VVe, in the world's wide mouth Live scandaliz'd, and foully...
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The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an ..., Volume 4

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 494 pages
...murder be named) to the last, c Thought and done!' is the general motto, for, as Macbeth says : — " * The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it.' "—Transl. Lect. ii. (now xxv.) vol. iv. pp. 9, 10. " If Borneo and Juliet shines in the colors of...
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A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Daoics. 46 ANTICIPATION. ANTIPATHY. ANTIQUARY. ANTICIPATION. TIME thou antinpat'st my dread exploits! The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shakspere. Why should we Anticipate our sorrows? 'tis like those Who die for fear of death. Denham....
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The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an ..., Volume 4

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 502 pages
...murder be named) to the last, 'Thought and done!' is the general motto for, as Macbeth says : — " ' The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it.' " — Transl. Lect. ii. (now xxv.) vol. iv. pp. 9, 10. " If Borneo and Juliet shines in the colors...
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Hermit's Dell: From the Diary of a Penciller

Harry Penciller - 1854 - 304 pages
...undecided, his plans were quickly formed and as quickly abolished, exemplifying the truism of the bard — " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." It was a few months afterward when I revisited the vicinity of Hillside, but Abel Mead was no longer...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...brief, when traitors brave the field. Simke. Riehard III. Time, thou antieipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now,...
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A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and ...

John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...shadows, so depart. Act iv. Sc. 1. What ! will the line stretch out to the crack of doom ? Act iv. Sc. 1. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Act iv. Sc. 2. When our actions do not Our fears do make us traitors. Act iv. Sc. 3. Angels are bright...
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An Argument Legal and Historical for the Legislative Prohibition of the ...

Frederic Richard Lees - 1856 - 354 pages
...Ignorance. No one doubts it : assent to the proposition is given with complacent readiness ; but, alas ! ' The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, ' Unless the deed go with it.' Would that a holy crusade could be set on foot— a national movement — against these two inveterate...
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 406 pages
...England. Macb. Fled to England? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : From this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now,...
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Rural Life in America: Or, Summer and Winter in the Country

Harry Penciller - 1856 - 296 pages
...undecided, his plans were quickly formed and as quickly abolished, exemplifying the truism of the bard — " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." It was a few months afterward when I revisited the vicinity of Hillside, but Abel Mead was no longer...
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