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" 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 ? "
The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ... - Page 120
by William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 460 pages
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Through the Rose Window: Art, Myth, and the Religious Imagination

John F. Hayward - 2002 - 196 pages
...Horatio. Hamlet replies, Not a whit, we defy augury; there's a special providence in the fall of the sparrow. If it be now, Tis not to come; if it be not...not now, yet it will come — the readiness is all. "The Readiness Is All" is a good title for the wild horses picture. One has to be ready in the midst...
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Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis

Phillip Sipiora, James S. Baumlin - 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,...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" (5.2.217-22). Whereas...
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Civilization's Quotations: Life's Ideal

Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 pages
...be." — "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest." — "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all." — "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." — Shakespeare "Our senses, as our reason, are divine."...
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On All Sides Nowhere: Building a Life in Rural Idaho

William Gruber - 2002 - 147 pages
...man can die but once. We owe God a death. An't be my destiny, so. An't be not, so." Or Hamlet: "If 't be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is alL" Benge drank the water. He didn't double over in spasms, not immediately nor on the way back to town...
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Shakespeare and the Human Mystery

J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 148 pages
...and our varied attempts at redirecting it. In pondering the possibility of his own death, he says, There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. (Hamlet V 2 214-16) This is a major feature of the contemplative's message, as it is of the fool's....
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Hamlet in Pieces: Shakespeare Revisited by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage and ...

Andy Lavender - 2003 - 292 pages
...Sangare then speaks Hamlet's lines (in the play they come before he goes to his duel with Laertes): There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. There are three closing utterances. Firstly, Craig asserts that the words 'today', yesterday' and especially...
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Players of Shakespeare 5, Volume 5

Robert Smallwood - 2003 - 252 pages
...moment when the actor has to strip away any sense of display, or contrivance, or self-consciousness: There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man knows of aught he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. (vu 213-18) This fatalism...
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Shakespeare Matters: History, Teaching, Performance

Lloyd Davis - 2003 - 344 pages
...directly to the understanding of Kairos described in this paper: We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. (5.2.157-60) Here all the components of Kairos come together — an openness to opportunity and what...
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The Kendall/Hunt Anthology: Literature to Write About

K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 pages
...their repair hither, and say you are not fit. 229 Ham. Not a whit; we defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? [Let be.] 235 I 70. [bet] Q.,....
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library

Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...experience them as embodiments of tragic understanding: Not a whit, we defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave berimes. Let be. (Hamlet, v, ii, 221-6)...
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