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To disarm Macbeth against dishonoring his pledge to murder King Duncan to ascend the Scottish throne, Lady Macbeth scolds, "I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from the boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this."

Bruce Fein: Henry Kissinger: Moral Midget Destined for Obscurity Bruce Fein 2010

They should not want Wisdom when doing so; for, 'tis a Thing not easily pluck'd from the Pages of any Book, whether or not Sens.

"Mr. McCain hungers for information. He can regularly be seen reading newspapers from cover to cover..." Ann Althouse 2008

And pluck'd wild clusters from the intangled shade;

Progress of Society 2006

"Fall'n, fall'n I seem'dyet, oh! not less belov'd,/Tho 'from thy love was pluck'd the early pride" (II. xxxix).

Contesting the Heterodoxy: Mrs. Hemans vs. Lord Byron 2001

Is fruit, now stale, long pluck'd from wilting vine.

bard Diary Entry bard 2001

"Each Friend snatchd from us is a plume pluck'd from the wing of Humane vanity."

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 October 1775 1963

With the leaf she had pluck'd on her desolate track,

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

English Literature for Boys and Girls

This wou'd soon enrich us, and impoverish at the same Time, the great Enemy to the repose of _Europe_; for 'tis by her Wines and our Money chiefly, that _France_ has been enabled, to soar towards Universal Monarchy, and if this Feather was pluck'd from her, she wou'd soon shorten her Flights, and droop her Wings.

A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 Anonymous

The young Slut nothing daunted by what I had said (says the Constable) presently pluck'd up her Coats, and told me she'd find me other Business to do.

The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women Anonymous