 Not a whit, we defy augury ; there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all : Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows,...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 797by William Shakespeare - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Endymion Porter - Periodicals - 1888 - 636 pages
...nearing the end, " the sunset of life gives him mystical lore." — " We defy augury : there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...all : since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes. Let be." For belief in a ghost has been substituted speculation, keen and clear,... | |
 | Clement Scott - Actors - 1900 - 242 pages
...Hamlet. They constitute, as we have ever thought, the loveliest passage in the play. "Not a whit! We deny augury: there is a special providence in the fall...it will come : the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes ? Let it be ! " And Forbes Robertson follows... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 pages
...dislike anything, obey it : I will forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit. "Hamlet. Not a whit; we defy augury; there is a special providence...all. Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows what is't to leave betimes. Let be." In the tone of Hamlet's words at the close of the first act, there... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - Drama - 1959 - 384 pages
...their repair hither, and say you are not fit. Hamlet. Not a whit, we defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...leaves, knows what is' t to leave betimes, let be. Hamlet is fey, as heroes have been since the dawn oflkerature ; but was ever feydom so wonderfully... | |
 | Lionel Charles Knights - Literary Criticism - 1966 - 284 pages
...mind dislike anything, obey it. I will forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit. Hamlet. Not a whit, we defy augury. There is a special providence...all. Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows what is't to leave betimes, let be. In my second lecture I made a truncated quotation from Professor CS... | |
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