...virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off; Ana pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast,...deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. [1.7.12-25] It may be said that he is here thinking of the horror that others will feel at the deed...

...damnation of his taking off And Pity like a naked new-born babe Striding the blast or Heaven's cherubin horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air Shall...only Vaulting Ambition which o'erleaps itself And fall on t'other [ENTER LADY MACBETH ] How now what news LADY MACB He has almost supped why have you...

...his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the...ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. (I, vii, 1-28) In this soliloquy from Macbeth, the title character produces a series of arguments against...