 | 1849 - 614 pages
...of the romance developing under his very eyes, is a good illustration of the motto of the work — " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." The romance present to Mr. Cburehill's vision, but which he does not pereeive, is, to be sure, a common... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1849 - 208 pages
...Schouls, in New England and elsewhere. V . • K AVA NAG H. K AVANAGH, A TALE. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. SHAKSPEARB. BOSTON: TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS. M DCCC XIIX. Entered according to Act of Congress, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...England. Macb. Fled to England! Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st* my dread exploits: Hony soit qui mal y pense, : From this moment, The vt-ry firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...our company?" The boy appearing to hesitate, the actor, with pompous volubility, rattled on — " ' The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, unless the deed go with it,' et cetera. Or, to quote another text — ' If it were done, it were well it were done quickly.' Eight... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 844 pages
...ENGLAHD. Maeb. 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 тегу firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...England. Macb. Fled to Englandl 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 сveп... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1849 - 168 pages
... KAVANAG II, A TALE. BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AUTHOR OP "HYPERION," " EVANOKI.INE," &c. The flighty purpose never is o'ertooK, Unless the deed go with it. SHAKSPP.ARK. LONDON; GEORGE SLATER, 252, STRAND. KAVANAGH. I. GREAT men stand like solitary towers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 606 pages
...of ages that royal dignity which Macbeth could only hold during hia own life. In the progress of the action, this piece is altogether the reverse of Hamlet;...first catastrophe (for Duncan's murder may be called a catastrophej to the last. Thought, and done! is the general motto; for, as Macbeth says, " The flighty... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 pages
...England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st 3 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,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1850 - 560 pages
...long, to Kavanagh, the other work on our list, and the last that has reached us from its author. " The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it." The choice of this motto indicates, what the context sufficiently confirms, that Churchill is the real... | |
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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... 
