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Page 37
Now, Hamlet, hear: 'Tis given out, that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung
me; so the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus'
d : but know, thou noble youth, The serpent, that did sting thy father's life, Now ...
Now, Hamlet, hear: 'Tis given out, that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung
me; so the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus'
d : but know, thou noble youth, The serpent, that did sting thy father's life, Now ...
Page 161
Exchange forgiveness with me , noble Hamlet : Mine and my father's death come
not upon thee ; Nor thine on me ! [ Dies . Ham . Heaven make thee free of it ! I
follow thee . I am dead , Horatio : -Wretched queen , adieu ! You that look pale
and ...
Exchange forgiveness with me , noble Hamlet : Mine and my father's death come
not upon thee ; Nor thine on me ! [ Dies . Ham . Heaven make thee free of it ! I
follow thee . I am dead , Horatio : -Wretched queen , adieu ! You that look pale
and ...
Page 169
... new springs " The word is used by G. Douglas in his translation of Virgil , and , I
think , by Chaucer . Again , in an old Scots proverb_ " Another would play a
spring ere you tune your pipes . ” STEEVENS . 24 Doth all the noble substance
often ...
... new springs " The word is used by G. Douglas in his translation of Virgil , and , I
think , by Chaucer . Again , in an old Scots proverb_ " Another would play a
spring ere you tune your pipes . ” STEEVENS . 24 Doth all the noble substance
often ...
Page 179
But the inference which he intended to make was a very noble one , and to this
purpose . If this ( says he ) be the case , that the effect follows the thing operated
upon ( carrion ] and not the thing operate ing [ a god ; ] why need we wonder ,
that ...
But the inference which he intended to make was a very noble one , and to this
purpose . If this ( says he ) be the case , that the effect follows the thing operated
upon ( carrion ] and not the thing operate ing [ a god ; ] why need we wonder ,
that ...
Page 235
—Come hither , gentle mistress ; Do you perceive in all this noble company ,
Where most you owe obedience ? Des . My noble father , I do perceive here a
divided duty : To you I am bound for life , and education ; My life , and education ,
both ...
—Come hither , gentle mistress ; Do you perceive in all this noble company ,
Where most you owe obedience ? Des . My noble father , I do perceive here a
divided duty : To you I am bound for life , and education ; My life , and education ,
both ...
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Page 156 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all.
Page 282 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 34 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Page 353 - No more of that. — I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 234 - twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man ; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake : She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have us'd : Here comes the lady ; let her witness it.
Page 79 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Page 102 - 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 94 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 74 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Page 143 - Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Issue 14 The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | G. Kearsley [Printed, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2007 |
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