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1  I believe drink gave thee the lie last night.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT II
2  With my sword I'll prove the lie thou speak'st.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT V
3  A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT II
4  Thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT IV
5  There the grown serpent lies; the worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for th present.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III
6  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 By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III
7  Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and giving him the lie, leaves him.
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT II