| Evelyn Abbott, Lewis Campbell - 1897 - 532 pages
...these motives, but these motives sustain me in action, and I begin to flag among personal attacks : " The time is out of joint ; 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right." I half wish to express my thoughts to the world, but have not the power to do it,... | |
| Cyril Ransome - 1898 - 326 pages
...religion in the ceremonious uncharitableness of her priests ; her society in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. "The time is out of joint. 0, cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right." In such a state of affairs, reform cannot come from within. The failure of Hamlet is of a piece with his... | |
| John Walter Sherer - India - 1898 - 208 pages
...of Hamlet distraction : that he, the muser, should have fallen on days demanding masterly action : " The time is out of joint, 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right." He is not a very distinct figure in the eulogies of Sir John Kaye, whilst, on the... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - History - 1898 - 268 pages
...times, deserves rather to be considered as a sort of Hamlet, a man not equal to his position : The world is out of joint, 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right ! His house was riddled by the mob, but stood until the year 1834. There is a Hutchinson... | |
| London (England) - 1875 - 670 pages
...replies. There is a depth of significance in the peculiarly marked emphasis with which the lines, ' The time is out of joint : 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right I' are uttered, followed by the down-hearted accent with which, after a pans 3, he... | |
| University of Sydney - 1900 - 646 pages
...thou pursuest this act, Taunt not thy mind nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught. (b) The time is out of joint: 0 cursed spite That ever I was born to set it right ! (c) Yet must not we put the strong law on him. He's loved of the distracted multitude.... | |
| W. E. W. Collins - 1900 - 430 pages
...should ever have been born, and what have I done that I should be condemned to teach you ? ' " " ' The time is out of joint ; 0 cursed spite ! That ever I was born to set it right,' — eh ? " suggested Lord Leuchars. "That is about the ticket," responded Graham;... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 634 pages
...swears that he will not forget the spirit, and concludes with the significant ejaculation: — " ' The time is out of joint : 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right ! ' " In these words, I imagine, will be found the key to Hamlet's whole procedure. To me it is clear that Shakspeare... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1901 - 396 pages
...the usurping monarch to the heart. MCSPADDEN: Shakespearian Synopses. II. The Mystery of Hamlet. " The time is out of joint: 0 cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right! " In these words, I imagine, is the key to Hamlet's whole procedure, and to me it is clear that Shakespeare... | |
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