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... fourth scene of the Third Act , constitute all the passages that would appear to give direct support to the conclusion that bis eccentricities were merely acted . This view of Hamlet's character , however , although it 2 A STUDY OF HAMLET .
... fourth scene of the Third Act , constitute all the passages that would appear to give direct support to the conclusion that bis eccentricities were merely acted . This view of Hamlet's character , however , although it 2 A STUDY OF HAMLET .
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... gives the countersign , " Long live the king ! " He might well , indeed , be under some previous apprehension , having already on two former occasions , and near the same spot , and about the same hour , witnessed what was fearful and ...
... gives the countersign , " Long live the king ! " He might well , indeed , be under some previous apprehension , having already on two former occasions , and near the same spot , and about the same hour , witnessed what was fearful and ...
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... give words or talk with the lord Hamlet . What imprudences of interview had been reported to Laertes and Polonius , we know not ; nor what ten- der recollections existed , to torture the submissive maiden's breast . It is evident that ...
... give words or talk with the lord Hamlet . What imprudences of interview had been reported to Laertes and Polonius , we know not ; nor what ten- der recollections existed , to torture the submissive maiden's breast . It is evident that ...
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... give it much aid , seems to us to have been less unfa- vourable . Too much in the more decorated theatre of later years , at least in England , is sacrificed to scenic effects , and a frigidity is imparted by too pic- turesque grouping ...
... give it much aid , seems to us to have been less unfa- vourable . Too much in the more decorated theatre of later years , at least in England , is sacrificed to scenic effects , and a frigidity is imparted by too pic- turesque grouping ...
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... gives the same counsel . But Hamlet comprehends that the ghost will not speak except to him , and alone ; and he determines to follow it and to hear . They still entreat , and at first he reasons with them , alleging his utter disregard ...
... gives the same counsel . But Hamlet comprehends that the ghost will not speak except to him , and alone ; and he determines to follow it and to hear . They still entreat , and at first he reasons with them , alleging his utter disregard ...
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Page 133 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me ! You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops ; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass : and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe ? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Page 98 - 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 38 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous; and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Page 21 - That it should come to this! But two months dead : nay, not so much, not two : So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might nqt beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 155 - My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 112 - Get thee to a nunnery : why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners ? I am myself indifferent honest : but yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were better my mother had not borne me...
Page 114 - I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nickname God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.
Page 61 - Pale as his shirt ; his knees knocking each other ; And with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loosed out of hell, To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Page 113 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Page 204 - I do not think so; since he went into France, I have been in continual practice; I shall win at the odds. But thou wouldst not think how ill all's here about my heart; but it is no matter.