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" God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent,— Weary of solid firmness, — melt itself Into the sea ! and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's... "
The modern elocutionist, compiled and ed. by J.A. Jennings - Page 430
edited by - 1878
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...advice, and little medicine :— — Mv lord Northumberland will soon be cool'd. K. Hen. О heaven ! that one might read the book of fate; And see the...(Weary of solid firmness) melt itself Into the sea I and, other limes, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips ; how chances...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...little medicine:—— My lord Northumberland will soon be cool'd. * Noise. 4S2 433 Hen. O heaven ! [mock, Too wide for Neptune's hips: how chances And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers...
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

1856 - 570 pages
...from those bright regions, To tell their manners, and relate their laws. . — Shakspeare. Heaven ! that one might read the Book of Fate, And see the...Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea. Oh, if this were seen, The happiest youth, — viewing his progress through, What perils past, what...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...restor'd, With good advice, and little medicine. My lord Northumberland will soon be cool'd. King. O God ! that one might read the book of fate, And...alteration With divers liquors ! O ! if this were seen,4 The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, — What perils past, what crosses to ensue,5...
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L'Orient romanesque en France: 1704-1789. L'Idée de progrès : l'Orient

Marie-Louise Dufrenoy - 1975 - 516 pages
...particular deluge or inundation . . ." (The New Atlantis). C'est enfin la théorie que Shakespeare exprime: Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea; and at other times to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hip . . ." (King Henry...
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Shakespeare and the Problem of Meaning

Norman Rabkin - 1981 - 176 pages
...universal annihilation. Could one "read the book of fate," the moribund King reflects, one would have to see the revolution of the times Make mountains level,...beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips. (III.i.45-51) What we recognize here is the time of the sonnets, of Ecclesiasres; and Warwick can cheer...
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Shakespeare and the Problem of Meaning

Norman Rabkin - 1981 - 176 pages
...the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Either/Or: Responding to Henry V Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea,...beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips. (III.i.45-51) What we recognize here is the time of the sonnets, of Ecclesiastes; and Warwick can cheer...
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The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters

William Henry Propp, Baruch Halpern, David Noel Freedman - 1990 - 244 pages
...Achronological Narrative and Dual Chronology in Israelite Historiography Baruch Halpern York University O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times. . . . — Henry IV, Part 2 Because of the nature of the historical agenda of eighteenth-century Europe,...
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Hobbes et son vocabulaire: études de lexicographie philosophique

Yves Charles Zarka - 1992 - 300 pages
...Voici un passage de Shakespeare : Oh God, that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolutions of the times Make mountains level, and the continent,...to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune 's hips; how chance 's mocks And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors! 0,...
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Shakespeare's Courtly Mirror: Reflexivity and Prudence in All's Well that ...

David Haley - 1993 - 332 pages
...reflexivity of Richard, deposed and calling pitifully for a mirror, to King Henry's fearful meditation: O God, that one might read the book of fate, And see...Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea. . . . (2H4 III.i.45-56)33 Henry's wish to "see the revolution of the times" is in fact a longing to...
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