 Give me leave. Here lies the water ; good : here stands the man ; good : If the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes; mark you that: but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he, that...  Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare - Page 135by William Shakespeare, Thomas Caldecott - 1820 - 466 pagesFull view - About this book
 | F. W. Maitland - History - 2003 - 136 pages
...this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes; mark you that? but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal,...he, that is not guilty of his own death, shortens his own life. 2St CLOWN But is this law? 1st CLOWN Ay, marry is't; crowner's-quest law. The question... | |
 | Paul A. Cantor - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 101 pages
...this water and drown himself. it is. will he. nill he. he goes. mark you that. But if the water come to him and drown him. he drowns not himself: argal....guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. (Vi 15-20) Employing the kind of casuistry Hamlet uses with Laertes. the gravediggers appear to be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 896 pages
...this water and drown himself, it is, will he nill he, he goes, mark you that. But if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself- argal,...guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. 2 CLOWN But is this law? 20 1 CLOWN Ay, marry is't, crowner's quest law. 2 CLOWN Will you ha' the truth... | |
 | Lindsay Price - 2005 - 47 pages
...this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes, mark you that; but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself. Argal,...guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. FIRST GRAVEDIGGER: But is this law? SECOND GRAVEDIGGER: Ay, marry, is't; crowner's quest law. FIRST... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 452 pages
...this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes, mark you that. But if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal,...guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. As crazy a conclusion as could be hoped for. This sequence is amusing in itself, but one of its dramatic... | |
 | Daniel Kornstein - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 274 pages
...this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes. Mark you that. But if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself, argal...guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. (5.1.14-19) After hearing such a tortuous explanation, the other gravedigger can only shake his confused... | |
 | Penny Gay - Literary Criticism - 2008
...water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes — mark you that. But if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself. Argal,...guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. OTHER But is this law? CLOWN Ay, marry, is't, crowner's quest law. OTHER Will you ha' the truth on't?... | |
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