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Macbeth
[II, 2] |
Lady Macbeth |
671 |
Ay.
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2 |
Macbeth
[III, 1] |
Banquo |
1025 |
Ay, my good lord.
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3 |
Macbeth
[III, 1] |
Banquo |
1043 |
Ay, my good lord: our time does call upon 's.
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4 |
Macbeth
[III, 1] |
Macbeth |
1107 |
Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men;
As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,
Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept
All by the name of dogs: the valued file
Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,
The housekeeper, the hunter, every one
According to the gift which bounteous nature
Hath in him closed; whereby he does receive
Particular addition. from the bill
That writes them all alike: and so of men.
Now, if you have a station in the file,
Not i' the worst rank of manhood, say 't;
And I will put that business in your bosoms,
Whose execution takes your enemy off,
Grapples you to the heart and love of us,
Who wear our health but sickly in his life,
Which in his death were perfect.
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5 |
Macbeth
[III, 2] |
Servant |
1169 |
Ay, madam, but returns again to-night.
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6 |
Macbeth
[III, 4] |
First Murderer |
1302 |
Ay, my good lord: safe in a ditch he bides,
With twenty trenched gashes on his head;
The least a death to nature.
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7 |
Macbeth
[III, 4] |
Macbeth |
1345 |
Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that
Which might appal the devil.
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8 |
Macbeth
[III, 4] |
Macbeth |
1366 |
Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;
Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd
Too terrible for the ear: the times have been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools: this is more strange
Than such a murder is.
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9 |
Macbeth
[III, 6] |
Lennox |
1491 |
My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,
Which can interpret further: only, I say,
Things have been strangely borne. The
gracious Duncan
Was pitied of Macbeth: marry, he was dead:
And the right-valiant Banquo walk'd too late;
Whom, you may say, if't please you, Fleance kill'd,
For Fleance fled: men must not walk too late.
Who cannot want the thought how monstrous
It was for Malcolm and for Donalbain
To kill their gracious father? damned fact!
How it did grieve Macbeth! did he not straight
In pious rage the two delinquents tear,
That were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep?
Was not that nobly done? Ay, and wisely too;
For 'twould have anger'd any heart alive
To hear the men deny't. So that, I say,
He has borne all things well: and I do think
That had he Duncan's sons under his key—
As, an't please heaven, he shall not—they
should find
What 'twere to kill a father; so should Fleance.
But, peace! for from broad words and 'cause he fail'd
His presence at the tyrant's feast, I hear
Macduff lives in disgrace: sir, can you tell
Where he bestows himself?
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Macbeth
[IV, 1] |
First Witch |
1699 |
Ay, sir, all this is so: but why
Stands Macbeth thus amazedly?
Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites,
And show the best of our delights:
I'll charm the air to give a sound,
While you perform your antic round:
That this great king may kindly say,
Our duties did his welcome pay.
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11 |
Macbeth
[IV, 1] |
Lennox |
1723 |
Ay, my good lord.
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12 |
Macbeth
[IV, 2] |
Lady Macduff |
1790 |
Ay, that he was.
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13 |
Macbeth
[IV, 3] |
Doctor |
2001 |
Ay, sir; there are a crew of wretched souls
That stay his cure: their malady convinces
The great assay of art; but at his touch—
Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand—
They presently amend.
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14 |
Macbeth
[V, 1] |
Gentlewoman |
2151 |
Ay, but their sense is shut.
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15 |
Macbeth
[V, 3] |
Doctor |
2313 |
Ay, my good lord; your royal preparation
Makes us hear something.
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16 |
Macbeth
[V, 8] |
Ross |
2527 |
Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
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17 |
Macbeth
[V, 8] |
Ross |
2531 |
Ay, on the front.
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