...fools supinely stay ; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. Birth of Flallerv r.. CRABBE. AMBITION. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent ; but only Vaulting ambition, which o'er-lea|« itself, And falls on the other. Macbeth, .let i. Sc J SHAKESPEARE. But wild ambition loves...

...Getümmel der unbändigen Norweger mit tausend Todesgefahren unerschrocken kämpfen sah! Sh. I/V II 25. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o 'erleaps itself, And falls on the other. E. Ich habe keinen Sporn, der den Lauf meines Vorhabens...

...has been my curse," he said at last. "I am the poorest Roman of them all, and canvassed badly. I had no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition. I charge thee, padre, fling away ambition : by that sin fell the angels. Like fame, it is an infirmity...

...steel my soldiers' hearts ' Possess them not with fear : take from them now All sense of numbers. (6) I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, (c) No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around, (d) Sir, you talk as if you knew something...

...taking-off ; 20 And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow...sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleapjs itself And falls on the other. 6. "shoal"; Theobald's emendation of Ff. 1, 2, "schoole."—!...

...removed from " prudential reasonings." Thus he convinces himself against the deed, and concludes : " I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps its' sell, And falls on the other." When Lady Macbeth joins him, he expresses his virtuous resolve,...

...his takingoff; and pity, like a naked newborn babe, striking the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed upon the sightless couriers of the air, shall blow...sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'er leaps itself and falls on the other. [Enter LADY MACBETH] How now? What news? LADY MACBETH. He...

...of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked, new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's Cherubims, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall...sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'er leaps itself And falls on the other [side]. Perhaps we can add a third passage with advantage,...

...Macbeth regards the crown as an "ornament", a satisfaction to pride; and Macbeth says in so many words, "I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent,...only / Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps itself." Unless you regard this moral paradox as already obvious, given from the start, it is natural to feel...

...own motives. The answer raises new doubts, and there is a note of resignation in his retrenchment: 'I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only . . .' (25-6). Ambition is there, but evidently not in sufficient measure to justify such action. We...