Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are …

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Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil ✨ 'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52
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Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil ✨ 'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52

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