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Page xi
... Polonius. Of course the reader will not suppose where no bracketed exclamation-marks appear, that all these criticisms or commentaries are adopted by the present Editor; and this remark the Editor wishes most emphatically to apply to ...
... Polonius. Of course the reader will not suppose where no bracketed exclamation-marks appear, that all these criticisms or commentaries are adopted by the present Editor; and this remark the Editor wishes most emphatically to apply to ...
Page xv
... Polonius, who assuredly knew the latest item of court gossip, seems as much surprised at Ophelia's account of Hamlet's strange behaviour as Ophelia herself; it was evidently a new thing to him, and yet when he goes directly to the King ...
... Polonius, who assuredly knew the latest item of court gossip, seems as much surprised at Ophelia's account of Hamlet's strange behaviour as Ophelia herself; it was evidently a new thing to him, and yet when he goes directly to the King ...
Page xvi
... Polonius: 'the people are muddied, thick, 'and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers,' which of course was the work not of an hour nor of a day, but perhaps of weeks; it must have taken some time for this knowledge to have reached ...
... Polonius: 'the people are muddied, thick, 'and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers,' which of course was the work not of an hour nor of a day, but perhaps of weeks; it must have taken some time for this knowledge to have reached ...
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... Polonius, Lord Chamberlain. Horatio, friend to Hamlet. Laertes, son to Polonius, Voltimand, Cornelius, rosencrantz,* Guild enstern, OSRIC, A Gentleman, A Priest. MARCELLUS,|officers Bernardo, ) Francisco, a soldier. Reynaldo, servant to ...
... Polonius, Lord Chamberlain. Horatio, friend to Hamlet. Laertes, son to Polonius, Voltimand, Cornelius, rosencrantz,* Guild enstern, OSRIC, A Gentleman, A Priest. MARCELLUS,|officers Bernardo, ) Francisco, a soldier. Reynaldo, servant to ...
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... Polonius, Laertes, Voltimand, Cornelius, Lords, and Attendants. King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death ... Polonius, and his Sonne Laertes, Hamlet, Cum Alijs. Qq. Enter Claudius King of Denmarke, Gertrude the Queene, Hamlet ...
... Polonius, Laertes, Voltimand, Cornelius, Lords, and Attendants. King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death ... Polonius, and his Sonne Laertes, Hamlet, Cum Alijs. Qq. Enter Claudius King of Denmarke, Gertrude the Queene, Hamlet ...
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Page 396 - ... in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chop-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What 's that, my lord ? Ham. Dost...
Page 303 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, , : . • . . That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 199 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 82 - By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Page 233 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 291 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 232 - And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself...