 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
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 | Alan Sinfield - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 382 pages
...specially in respect of religious ideas and attitudes in early modern England. HAMLET'S SPECIAL PROVIDENCE We defy augury. There is a special providence in the...readiness is all. Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows aught, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. (Hamlet 5.2.215-20)21 [God is] a Governor and Preserver,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. Hamlet — Hamlet V.ii We defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now;...leaves knows, what is 't to leave betimes? Let be. Hamlet — Hamlet V.ii When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late... | |
 | Phillip Sipiora, James S. Baumlin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 276 pages
...time—and particularly the timing of one's death—cannot, nor should it, be subject to human intervention: "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...leaves, knows, what is 't to leave betimes? Let be" (5.2.217-22). Whereas Sypher argues that Hamlet's "Let be" marks "his new resignation to the time"... | |
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