...on lady Fortune in good terms. In good set terms, — and yet a motley fool. • Good-morrow, fool,1 quoth I : • No. sir," quoth he, • Call me not...'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after an hour more, 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to...

...poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see," quoth he, " how the world wags : 'Tis but an...to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." 2 Touchstone is distinguished by a kind of materialistic common sense, which enables him to seize on...

...fool take a dial from his poke, is hearing the soliloquy : " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see . . . how the world wags : 'Tis but an hour ago since it...hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale." TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW Why do ye weep, sweet babes ? Can tears Speak grief in you, Who...

...manner because he has met a fool in the forest, who "Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock. Thus we may see [quoth he] how the world wags. 'Tis but an hour...to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale." Now, considering that this fool's platitude is precisely the "philosophy" of Hamlet, Macbeth ("To-morrow...

...poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely : " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see," quoth he, " how the world wags : Tis but an...to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale." . . . O noble fool ! A worthy fool ! Motley's the only wear. "What fool is this? says the Duke. 0 worthy...

...universal truth in his observations on a dial. 14 Thus we may see how the world wags, 'Tis but an hour since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill...to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." Martin Luther apostrophized the Supreme Pontiff, Clement VII, saying, " 0 Peter, thou poor fisherman...

...manner because he has met a fool in the forest, who "Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock. Thus we may see [quoth he] how the world wags. 'Tis but an hour...to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale." Now, considering that this fool's platitude is precisely the "philosophy" of Hamlet, Macbeth ("To-morrow...

...with lack-luster eye, Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the wor] wags: 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine; And...ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot an rot; 19. Touchstone of course alludes to the common saying "Fortui favours fools," cp. Every Man...

...And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see,'7 quoth he, " how the world wags : 'Tis but an hour...to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." 2 Touchstone is distinguished by a kind of materialistic common sense, which enables him to seize on...

...influences,) That dost this habitation, where thou keep'st, Hourly afflict. 2691 Shaks.: M.forM. Act iii. Sc 1 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after...to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. 2692 Shaks.: As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this...