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" There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured.... "
The Works of Mr. William Shakespear;: In Eight Volumes. Adorn'd with Cutts - Page 44
by William Shakespeare - 1714
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophecy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet...life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured. 19 — iii. 1. 6 Wise men superior to woes. Wise men ne'er wail their present woes, But...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...men's lives, ' Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : '/The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, "s With a near aim, of the main chance of things . As...; which in their seeds, \And weak beginnings, lie intreasured. ' Such things become the hatch and brood of time; And, by the necessary form of this,...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India ...

Asia - 1840 - 734 pages
...all men's litres, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd, The which observ'il, a man may prophesy, With a near aim of the main chance of things, As yet not come to life. It is sad to look towards an uncertain future, and sadder still to think of past happiness ;* yet who...
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Shakespeare and the Triple Play: From Study to Stage to Classroom

Sidney Homan - Drama - 1988 - 248 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased, The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginning lie intreasured. (3.1.80-85) Indeed, as EMW Tillyard has pointed...
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The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters

William Henry Propp, Baruch Halpern, David Noel Freedman - Bible - 1990 - 244 pages
...the first year, his accomplishments for the rest of time: "The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, with a near aim, of the main chance of things as yet...life, which in their seeds and weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time" (Henry IV, Part 2). Ezra 4:6-5:2 Ezra...
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Staging Politics: The Lasting Impact of Shakespeare's Histories

Wolfgang Iser - Drama - 1993 - 254 pages
...all men's lives Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time;...
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Shakespeare's Courtly Mirror: Reflexivity and Prudence in All's Well that ...

David Haley - Drama - 1993 - 332 pages
...when the future seems to be hatching — when, as Warwick tells King Henry, "a man may prophesy, / With a near aim, of the main chance of things / As yet not come to life, who in their seeds / And weak beginning lie intreasured" (2H4 III. i. 8285) — at such moments, the...
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Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen

Victor Gordon Kiernan - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...urging that such forecasts have no incomprehensible warrant. From knowledge of the past we can prophesy: With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not conic to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured, but go on to become 'the hatch...
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Shakespeare's Festive Tragedy: The Ritual Foundations of Genre

Naomi Conn Liebler - Communities in literature - 1995 - 279 pages
...all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time....
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Shakespeare at Work

John Jones - Drama - 1999 - 310 pages
...all men's lives Figuring the natures of the times deceased; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, who in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. (2 Henry IV, 3. i. 75-80) The eventless, unpeopled...
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