 With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those...  The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith - Page 282by Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...grunt b and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles...know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; 1' Bodkin — a small sword. Caasar is spoken of, by old writers, as slain by bodkins. And thus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 364 pages
...something after death, — The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn* 1 Stir, bustle. 5 Consideration. Nc traveller returns, — puzzles the will, And makes...thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. — Soft you, now ! The fair... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...bourne No traveller returns,—puzzles the will; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of! Thus conscience does...thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. SHAKSPEKE. EXTRACTS FROM PARADISE... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...make With a bare bodkin ? 4 Who would fardels5 bear, To grunt6 and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered...thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard,7 their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. 1 No more— ie to die is... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...groan and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, That undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, —...thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action." . HAMLET " High on a throne... | |
 | Eugenio María de Hostos - Poetry - 1994 - 552 pages
...To grunt and swear under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, —puzzles...thought; and enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.— (The Complete Works...... | |
 | Robert E. Wood - Drama - 1994 - 188 pages
...bear the whips and scorns of time. . . . But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles...know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...for a moment at the mirror/CLAUDIUS, his face very close to the glass. HAMLET (continuing) Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life,...fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution And enterprises of great pith and... | |
 | Moses Mendelssohn - Philosophy - 1997 - 370 pages
...patient merit of th'unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life,...thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action . . . Of all the types of sublimity,... | |
 | Jason Miller - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 52 pages
...To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles...know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards [of us all], And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises... | |
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