 | Wife - 1855 - 342 pages
...mercies vouchsafed, and endeavoured not to think of those which, she fancied, were withheld. CHAPTER IX. -Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths." Shakspeare. " Do you think you can procure me a copy of old Ashley's will?" asked Mrs. Captain,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...[me, Ban. That, trusted home, Slight yet enkindle} you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.— Cousins, a word, I pray... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 406 pages
...Ban. That, trusted home. Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But 't is 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. — Cousins, a word, I pray... | |
 | Garry Wills - 1995 - 238 pages
.../ And break it to our hope" (5.8.21-22). It is what Banquo had predicted on the heath (1.3.123-26): And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of Darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's In deepest consequence. The unnatural thing is not... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...be trusted, and his skepticism becomes even clearer when, after a few moments of silence, he warns, But 'tis strange, And oftentimes, to win us to our harm The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence. (1.3.122-126) Satan does not... | |
 | 1999 - 62 pages
...Upon this 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 of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. MACBETH. But ...King. (MACBETH... | |
 | Melanie Krämer - 2000 - 190 pages
...welche die 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 of Darkness tell us truths; / Win us with honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence." (I, iii, 122-124) Mit... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.2 Nevertheless, on seeing Claudius's... | |
 | Joe Fisher - 2001 - 317 pages
...as an Epilogue that updates events since my book was first published a decade ago. JF 29 August 2000 *But '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.** William Shakespeare Macbeth:... | |
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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. 
