Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello - Page 349by William Shakespeare - 1836Full view - About this book
| Henry Thomas Hall - 1871 - 288 pages
...murder ; yet he cannot fully resolve, there is yet something wanting, a craving he cannot satisfy, "I do not know Why yet I live to say 'This thing's...means To do't. Examples, gross as earth, exhort me." A. iv. s. 4. Again he reviews his position, and compares it with that of the ready energy and bold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 290 pages
...oblivion, or some craven scruple ' 40 Of thinking too precisely on the event, ' A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward,...and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puif'd Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 344 pages
...oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which quarter'd hath but one part wisdom And, ever, three parts coward,...means To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me. * Profit. f Capacity. J Moulder. Sorrows rarely single. When sorrows come, they come not single spies,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 416 pages
...one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, This thing '* to do ; Sith I have cause, and will, and strength,...tender prince ; Whose spirit, with divine ambition puff'd, Makes mouths at the invisible event; Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,... | |
| Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...wisdom, And ever, three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, This thing's to do ; s Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means,...tender prince ; Whose spirit, with divine ambition puffe ', Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 260 pages
...oblivion, or some craven scruple - 40 Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward,...and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,... | |
| William Minto - 1874 - 518 pages
...reflect on his own conduct, and he says : — " Now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, A...Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do '/." His delay was inexplicable to Hamlet himself, though we are all so confident in explaining... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 240 pages
...capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, —...coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, This tJling 's to do ; Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do 't. Examples gross as... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 260 pages
...coward, I do not know -s, -i Why yet I live to say 'This thing's to do;'i : - Sith I have cause and willp and strength and means . £-.To do't. Examples gross...and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puff 'd Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,... | |
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