No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: As thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam : And why of that loam, whereto he... Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of ... - Page 197by E. H. Seymour - 1805Full view - About this book
 | John Russell - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 246 pages
...jot," he counters, but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander •was buried, Alexander...loam; and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to... | |
 | Jonathan Sawday - History - 1996 - 327 pages
...the processes of decay which transform the body of Alexander into the bung which stops a beer barrel: 'Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loam whereof he was converted might they not stop a beerbarrel?' (Vi201-5). Hamlet's corporeal philosophy,... | |
 | Victor L. Cahn - Drama - 1996 - 865 pages
...were wont to set the table on a roar? (V, i, 184-191) Then his thoughts turn to another great prince: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...loam, and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? (V, i. 208-212) The humor is tinged with melancholy. It suggests... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Russell Jackson - Performing Arts - 1996 - 208 pages
...and likelihood to lead it, as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loam whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? He is now quietly taken by this idea of the cycle of greatness and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 101 pages
...HAM. No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it. Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust; the dust is earth; of earth we iso make loam; and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious... | |
 | Jutta Schamp - Time in literature - 1997 - 370 pages
...sterbliche Überreste dienen bestenfalls dazu, ein Loch in der Hauswand oder ein Bierfaß zu stopfen: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...loam, and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to... | |
 | Mordecai Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1997 - 288 pages
...Chinese. CHAPTER XXII WHITEWASH AND CLAY Alexander died. Alexander was buried. Alexander retumeth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam. And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? Hamlet fact, at one time doubted, but now established beyond dispute,... | |
 | Eve Rachele Sanders - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 260 pages
...Why, may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander till a find it stopping a bung-hole? . . . Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...loam, and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?" (5.1.191-2, 196-8, 201-5). In this passage, Hamlet puts to rest... | |
 | John J. Joughin - Drama - 2000 - 128 pages
...up to the revolutions of die Eternal Return, the return dial turns die Caesar-type to dust: Hamlet: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why of dial loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrell? Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd... | |
 | John Green, Paul Negri - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2000 - 64 pages
...and likelihood to lead it, as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to... | |
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