 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.  A GLOSSARY - Page 249by ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S., - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Robert Morehead - 1814 - 68 pages
...scandal. So this passage is now given, instead of the original corrupt reading, ; . . ' The dram of eule Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal. The emendation appears to me exceedingly harsh, and although that which I am going to suggest is too... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 560 pages
...infinite as man may undergo 3,) 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 4.] * Quarto 1605, ease. Cawdrey, in his Alphabetical Table, &c. 1604 : " Pleasing, or received joyfully... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 560 pages
...Measure for Measure : " To undergo such ample grace and honour — ." STEEVENS. « — The dram of BALE Doth all the noble substance OF A DOUBT, To HIS own scandal.] These lines are evidently corrupt; but such difference of opinion has prevailed as to the best mode... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...commentators, however, have not made sense of this passage, which Malone gives thus, equally unintelligibly : " The dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal." Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of grace defend us ! — Be thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...birth, &c. 11 ie judgment, opinion. 13 The last paragraph of this speech stands in the qnarto editions thus : — ' ' the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.' Steevens reads : — Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Sam. Angels and ministers of grace,defend... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...The last paragraph of this speech stands in the quarto editions thus :— 11 ie judgment, opinion. ' the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.' Steevens reads :—• Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of grace,defend... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...birth, i\c. 11 ie judgment, opinion. 12 The last paragraph of this speech stands in the quarto editions thus : — ' the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doulit To his own scandal.' Steevens reads : — • ' The drain of base Enter Ghost. Hor. • Look,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...birth, &c. 3 ie judgment, opinion. * The last paragraph of this speech stands in the quarto editions thus : — " the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal." Steevens reads : — « The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout [ie do out] To his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...birth, &c. 3 ie judgment, opinion. 4 The last paragraph of this speech stands in the quarto editions thus: — '• " the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal." Steevens reads : — « The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout [ie do out] To his... | |
 | England - 1839 - 684 pages
...you ? Note 2. Here is another conjectural reading, which the commenting spirit puts into my head. " the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal." Valpy's Shakspeare. — Hamlet, Act I. Scene IV. To these words there is a note: "Commentators have... | |
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