 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 506 pages
...my lord. Ham. Then I would you were so honest a man. 175 Pol. Honest, my lord ? Ham. Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. 171. Well, God-a-mercy] Excellent 176. lord?'] lord. Qq. lord! Dyce, -udl Q'7&. Well, God a mercy Theob.... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 852 pages
...of his condition, to utter sarcasms and tell unpleasant truths — ' You are a fishmonger,' ' To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand,' nndsoon; but Mr. Irving delivers all such speeches with such intensity of manner that they present... | |
 | Denmark - 1964 - 158 pages
...HAMLET. Then I would you were so honest a man.8 POLONIUS. Honest, my lord! HAMLET. Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. POLONIUS. That's very true, my lord. HAMLET. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god... | |
 | Charles Harlen Shattuck - 1564-1616 - 1969 - 382 pages
...hands on top of it. He looks at Polonius quietly with an air of courteous tolerance: "Ay, sir! To be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand (slow delivery, grave demeanor)." Polonius agrees with that. "For if the sun breed maggots in a dead... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...lord. HAMLET Then I would you were so honest a man. POLONIUS Honest, my lord? HAMLET Ay, sir. To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. 180 POLONIUS That's very true, my lord. HAMLET For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a... | |
 | Steven Shapin - History - 1994 - 534 pages
...which "seducest many to errour," but "reducest none to truth."160 Hamlet told Polonius that "to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand" (II, ii), and John Aubrey quoted the scandalous earl of Rochester, saying "ingeniously somewhere, that... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...HAMLET. Then I would that you were so honest a man. POLONIUS. Honest, my lord? HAMLET. Ay, sir. To be honest, as this world goes, Is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. HAMLET. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, — Have you a daughter? POLONIUS. I have, my lord.... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...my lord HAMLET Then I would you were so honest a man. POLONIUS Honest, my lord? HAMLET Ay sir. To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand POLONIUS That's very true, my lord HAMLET For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing... | |
 | Michael A. Morrison - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 418 pages
...my lord!" Hamlet drops the hand holding the book to his side, looks at him, remarks "Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand," and turns away. On Polonius's reply, "That's very true, my lord," Hamlet takes up his book and "reads":... | |
 | Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh - Drama - 1998 - 44 pages
...FEMALE SINGER. Are you honest? FOOL. Every man has his fault and honesty is mine. FEMALE SINGER. To be honest as this world goes is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. FOOL. I have everything an honest man should not have and what an honest man should have — I have... | |
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Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. 
