 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 psl.
...suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly : better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave ;... | |
 | Dennis Bartholomeusz - 1969 - 336 psl.
...before he uttered a word, that his mind was ' full of scorpions ' — that he acutely felt — — 'Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.'1 The reference to a 'kingly... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 2004 - 264 psl.
...in doubtful joy. (11. 4-7) Macbeth. Better be with the dead. Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. (11. 19-22) Earlier the understanding, however corrupt, was perfect; here there is... | |
 | Mary Boykin Chesnut, Comer Vann Woodward, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld - 1984 - 324 psl.
...rouse a lion than to start a hare. Would it were bed time Hal! & all were well!7 Lincoln will find it. Better be with the dead — Whom we to gain our place have sent to peace. Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy 8 Reed on friendship; It... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2014 - 236 psl.
...terrible dreams That shake us nightly: better be with the dead, 20 Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done... | |
 | John R. Briggs - 1988 - 82 psl.
...before we'll eat our meal in fear, and sleep in the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstacy. Shogun is in... | |
 | George T. Wright - 1988 - 366 psl.
...terrible dreams That shake us night/y. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave (Macbeth. 3.2.18-22) Later in the history of English iambic... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - 1994 - 182 psl.
...lived after murdering King Duncan. . . . Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. (3.2.21-24) This suggests a sexual gratification or powerful stimulus in the horror,... | |
 | Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - 1994 - 482 psl.
...Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.' (Macbeth III.2.16)... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 psl.
...he seems actually to envy his victim: Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace. Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done... | |
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Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. 
