 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, what is't to leave betimes ?  Hamlet ; Othello - Page 342by William Shakespeare - 1793Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 430 pages
...ought hi leaves, knowes what is't to leave betemes." Some editors retain this, with the punctuation, since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes? and the explanation (Johnson's) : ' ' Since no man knows aught of the state of life which he leaves,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1913 - 340 pages
...hither, and fay you are not fit. "^ 230 Ham. Not a whit, we defie Augury; there's a fpeciall Pronidence in the fall of a fparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come: if it bee not to come, it will bee now: if it be not now; yet it will come; the readinefle is all, fince... | |
 | Lionel Charles Knights - 1966 - 284 pages
...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 what is't to leave betimes, let be. In my second lecture I made a truncated quotation from Professor CS Lewis which I must now give in... | |
 | Charles Harlen Shattuck - 1969 - 382 pages
...not to COME, it WILL be NOW; if it be NOT NOW, yet it WILL COME; the readiness (starting to the left) is all. Since no man of aught he leaves, KNOWS, what is't to leave betimes. Let be (his voice drops, as if concluding the matter)." He pats Horatio's hand adjuringly as they go out:... | |
 | L. C. Knights - 1979 - 326 pages
...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 what is't to leave betimes, let be. In my second lecture I made a truncated quotation from Professor CS Lewis which I must now give in... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 280 pages
...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, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. (v, ii, 209—12) At the play's end, therefore, Hamlet has forgone the scholarly and philosophical... | |
 | Flor Aarts - 1984 - 346 pages
...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 what is't to leave betimes, let be. Those last words have a noble, haunting quality, and we certainly respond favourably to them; but to... | |
 | Garrett Stewart - 1990 - 356 pages
...brief text of Hamlet's transfiguring acquiescence of course goes like this: "The readiness is al1. Since no man of aught he leaves knows, what is't to leave betimes? Let be" (5.2.222-24). Across the syntactic accumulation of this thought, and in colloquial continuity with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...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: what is't to leave betimes? Let be.187 Enter ATTENDANTS to set a table and seating; TRUMPETERS and DRUMMERS; the KING, the QUEEN, LAERTES,... | |
 | Robert E. Wood - 1994 - 188 pages
...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 what is't to leave betimes, let be. (V.ii.219-24) Hamlet has been reckless in the course of the play, but he has never before been "ready,"... | |
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