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" I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. "
The Works of Shakespeare - Page 280
by William Shakespeare - 1752
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Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays

Joan Fitzpatrick - 2007 - 188 pages
...commit acts of violence. This contrasts with Lady Macbeth' s single-mindedness: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I...
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Performing Maternity in Early Modern England

Kathryn M. Moncrief, Kathryn Read McPherson - 2007 - 270 pages
...stiff resistance with a particularly shocking image of the destruction of a baby: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare

Emma Smith - 2007 - 6 pages
...startling image designed to strengthen her husband's resolve to kill King Duncan: I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I...
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women, Volume 1

Erin Detrick - 2008 - 162 pages
...Remember when we went to see Macbeth'? Remember I cried when she said: I have given suck, and know Hon> tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I...
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