...forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit. HAMLET: Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If...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. Music plays. CLAUDIUS,...

...strength of Hamlet's sincere language which follows immediately afterwards: 'We defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If...be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all' (vz23o). The constant interest in language in Hamlet reveals itself not only in these specific references...

...forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit. HAMLET Not a whit, we defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...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. Attendants enter to set...

...148-157, 2004. Farm-level drought management: an irrigation case-study from the UK 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. 4.1 INTRODUCTION William Shakespeare, Hamlet The farmer's world is encompassed by risk and no risk...

...and setties upon the biblical teaching of providential dominion: "[W]e defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be [now],...now, yet it [will] come— the readiness is all." 10 Providential power is not to be taken for granted, for it neither ensures victory nor keeps the...

...terms with a stoic and eloquent acceptance of whatever fate has in store for him: 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. (5.2.220-24) And the final words of this speech are like the sentiments of the Beatles' song: "Let...

...of it which differs considerably from his previous death-wish: There is a special providence in die fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come;...not now, yet it will come— the readiness is all. (V.ii.zizff.) Is't not perfect conscience To quit him witli this arm? And is't not to be clamn'd To...

...knowledge of a larger meaning to life which, if inexpressible, must be affirmed in a readiness to meet it: If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...not now, yet it will come - the readiness is all. Since no man owes of aught he leaves, what is't to leave betimes ? Let be. (V,ii,2I 3 ff.) That 'Let...

......'. I hope we don't need to make the books balance in heaven. London, 2003 Prologue JOURNEYING HOME 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. (Hamlet, V.ii.220-24) Although Sir Nigel Hawthorne achieved his international reputation through the...

...labours which draws Hamlet to try his skill with the rapier and to the conclusion of his mission. '. . . If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all.' It is strange that such a waterfly, a please-man, sponging and scraping before the King, should be...