 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 Seiten
...delay, they not deny. Pom. Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays The thingwe sue for. Mene. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms,...good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers. Pom. I shall do well : The people love me, and the sea is mine ; My power 'sa crescent, and my auguring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 Seiten
...With his looking on his life. ACT II. THE VANITY OP HUMAN WISHES. We, ignorant of ourselves, Begin often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us...good; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers. . DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNUS. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,... | |
 | Derek Traversi - 1963 - 300 Seiten
...assertion that 'the great gods' should, by 'assisting' his cause, advance the fortunes of 'justest men': We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; [II. i. 5.] Ignorance of his own true advantage characterizes man, as a political being, throughout... | |
 | Alfred Pownall - 1864 - 112 Seiten
...to grant us our petitions, " as seemeth best to His godly wisdom ;" for in the words of the Poet— Beg often our own harms; which the wise Powers Deny...for our good : so find we profit By losing of our prayers.—Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 1, We, ignorant of ourselves, Who does not remember the fervent... | |
 | Michael Steppat - 1980 - 646 Seiten
...their throne, decays The thing we sue for. Men. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harm, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers, (quoted on pp. 466-67) Birch comments: The moral of this is, that we need not pray, for we do not get... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 Seiten
...powerful opening lines in Menecrates' warning to the ambitious Pompey (Antony and Cleopatra, 2. 1. 5-8): We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own...good ; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. For a larger treatment of Shakespeare's satirical purposes and methods, see OJ Campbell, Comicall Satyre... | |
 | Harley Granville-Barker - 1993 - 164 Seiten
...this matter), but Menecrates is needed to offer a sententious check to Pompey's soaring confidence. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms,...good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. A philosophic pirate, indeed; and we may see, if we will, the more pragmatic Menas, chafing, but scornfully... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1993 - 166 Seiten
...delay, they not deny. POMPEY Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays The thing we sue for. MENAS We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms,...good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. POMPEY I shall do well: The people love me, and the sea is mine; My powers are crescent, and my auguring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 404 Seiten
...we are suitors to their throne, decays The thing we sue for. MENECRATES We, ignorant of ourselves, s Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny...good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. POMPEY I shall do well: The people love me, and the sea is mine; My powers are crescent, and my auguring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2004 - 224 Seiten
...we are suitors to their throne, decays The thing we sue for. MENECRATES We, ignorant of ourselves, 5 Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny...good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. POMPEY I shall do well. The people love me, and the sea is mine; My powers are crescent, and my auguring... | |
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We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers. 
