Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: With Introductory Remarks; Explanatory, Grammatical, and Philological Notes |
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... letters ingraved in wood , that con- tained Hamlet's death , in such sort as he had advertised the King of England . But the subtle Danish prince ( being at sea ) , whilest his companions slept , having read the letters and knowne his ...
... letters ingraved in wood , that con- tained Hamlet's death , in such sort as he had advertised the King of England . But the subtle Danish prince ( being at sea ) , whilest his companions slept , having read the letters and knowne his ...
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... letters by him devised , and the next day caused the two servants of Fengon to be executed , to satisfie , as he thought , the king's desire ; but Hamlet , although the sport pleased him well , and that the King of England could not ...
... letters by him devised , and the next day caused the two servants of Fengon to be executed , to satisfie , as he thought , the king's desire ; but Hamlet , although the sport pleased him well , and that the King of England could not ...
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... letters to the English court , requesting that the prince should be put to death as soon as he landed in that country . In the night - time Hamlet secretly got hold of these letters , erased his own name , inserted the names of his two ...
... letters to the English court , requesting that the prince should be put to death as soon as he landed in that country . In the night - time Hamlet secretly got hold of these letters , erased his own name , inserted the names of his two ...
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... letters , and denied His access to me . Pol . I am sorry that with better heed and judgment 100 105 That hath made him mad . ΙΙΟ I had not quoted him : I fear'd he did but trifle , And meant to wreck thee ; but , beshrew my jealousy ...
... letters , and denied His access to me . Pol . I am sorry that with better heed and judgment 100 105 That hath made him mad . ΙΙΟ I had not quoted him : I fear'd he did but trifle , And meant to wreck thee ; but , beshrew my jealousy ...
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... letters seal'd : and my two school - fellows , Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd , - They bear the mandate ; they must sweep my way , 205 And marshal me to knavery . Let it work ; For ' tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist ...
... letters seal'd : and my two school - fellows , Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd , - They bear the mandate ; they must sweep my way , 205 And marshal me to knavery . Let it work ; For ' tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist ...
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Page 74 - Excellent well; you are a fishmonger. Pol. Not I, my lord. Ham. Then I would you were so honest a man. Pol. Honest, my lord! Ham. Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Page 130 - 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 : Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes ?
Page 123 - 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 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...
Page 134 - And let me speak to the yet unknowing world How these things came about : so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, •casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forc'd cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads: all this can I Truly deliver.
Page 75 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 86 - Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself...
Page 75 - O God, I could be bounded in a nut-shell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Page 79 - A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs?
Page 51 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not 'seems.' 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, That can denote me truly...
Page 64 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.