 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 - 第 349 頁William Shakespeare 著 - 1836完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Lionel Charles Knights - 1966 - 284 頁
...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,...cause, and will, and strength, and means To do't. Hamlet is here of course referring to the specific action of revenge, and commentators have been quick... | |
 | Geoffrey Bullough - 1975 - 584 頁
...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,...have cause and will and strength and means to do't. (IV.4.32-66) The only instances we have had of 'thinking too precisely on the event' were when he doubted... | |
 | L. C. Knights - 1979 - 326 頁
...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,...cause, and will, and strength, and means To do't. Hamlet is here of course referring to the specific action of revenge, and commentators have been quick... | |
 | Ekbert Faas - 1986 - 244 頁
...captain: Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th'event A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom...Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means Todo't. (IV.iv) I couldn't even take my revenge on anybody for anything, because I should probably... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 頁
...whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple 40 4,4 Of thinking too precisely on th'event (A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,...delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine amb1tion puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that... | |
 | John Russell - 1995 - 260 頁
...explanation: Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th' event — A thought which, quartered, hath but one...cause, and will, and strength, and means To do't. (IV.iv. 39-46) Since Gonzago, however, he has had one splendid opportunity to do the thing, while Claudius... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 132 頁
...unused. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple 40 Of thinking too precisely on th' event — A thought which, quartered, hath but one...Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, 45 To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort me: Witness this army of such mass and charge, Led by a... | |
 | Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - 1999 - 356 頁
...unused. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th' event — A thought which, quartered, hath but one...I have cause, and will, and strength, and means To do 't. [4.4.32-46] What has reason to do with revenge? His question — why, with all his compelling... | |
 | Valeria Wagner - 1999 - 288 頁
...Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th'event — A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom...cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do't. (IV. iv. 32-46) While arguing that discourse and reason are to be put to use — a notion we will consider... | |
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