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The "Worm of Conscience" in Richard III and Macbeth. Daniel E. Hughes. Director of English. Stoughton High School. Stoughton, Massachusetts ...
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are left with a sense of bitterness, "for the worm of conscience, ... The worm of conscience tormentingly gnaws away at the unregenerate's sense ...
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“Your miseries are not hid from you now, for the worm of conscience sleeps no longer, but is gnawing you, the devils shout and render to you the reward which they are accustomed to give their servants, that is to say, confusion and condemnation;
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Cleopatra is the first to refer to the asp as a worm. She calls it “the pretty worm of Nilus that kills and pains not.” This might be taken as the queen’s recognition that de Vere’s plays kill false notions but without intending to cause pain to the holder of them, especially if she is the queen.
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worm 1 n 1 kirmėlė 2 tech sraigtas 2 v 1 įsiskverbti 2 šliaužti ropoti to worm out iškamantinėti iškvosti a ... to worm out iškamantinėti; iškvosti; a worm will turn bet kieno kantrybė gali išsekti; the worm of conscience sąžinės graužimas; I am a worm today šiandien blogai nusiteikęs...
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When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer. (Tyndale (acts xxviii. 3, 4)) 'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than ... 3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! (Shak)
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Singular; worm ... A contemptible or devious being. Don't try to run away, you little worm! ... The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! — Richard III, William Shakespeare...
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Definition of worm from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto. ... Perhaps the best-known example was the Great Worm. ... 3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse. "The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!" (Shak)
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! --Shak. 4. A being debased and despised. I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6. 5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as: (a) The thread of a screw.
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All this, and much more, will the worm of conscience say to the damned, stinging him with reproaches so relentlessly that he will almost be driven crazy with despair. In fact, the damned will rave and rage as if they were possessed, and will invoke curses on themselves.
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