 | George Macilwain - Physicians - 1853 - 464 pages
...mutaveris aut de traxeris, vitiosius et deterius futurum." CHAPTER XXIV. HOR. Is it a custom 1 HAMLET. Ay, marry, is't : But to my mind — though I am native here, And to the manner born — it is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance. HAMLET, Act i., Sc. 4. IF a moralist were to... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...Mysterion (Gr.), a thing concealt d ; as, mysterious. N. Natus, born ; as, natal, native, nativity. " But to my mind— though I am native here, And to the manner born — it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance." — Shakspeare. Nauta, a sailor ; as, nautical,... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...battlements, Horatio and Hamlet hear the sounds of the court's carouse. Horatio asks: "Is it a custom? HAMLET: Ay, marry is't. / But to my mind, though I am native here / And to the manner born, it is a custom / More honour'd in the breach than the observance. / This heavyheaded revel east and west /... | |
 | Margaret Bridges - Combination (Linguistics) - 1990 - 244 pages
...Casebook 170-87. Rewriting Shakespeare: Travesty and Tradition Neil Forsyth For this relief, much thanks Though I am native here, and to the manner born It is a custom more honoured in the breach Than in the observance Well. Something is rotten in the state of... | |
 | Manfred Görlach - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 492 pages
...and the swaggering vpspring reeles, And as he dreines his draughts of Renish downe, The kettle Drum and Trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his Pledge. Hor, Is it a custome? 15 Ham. I marry ist; And to my mind, though I am natiue heere, And to the manner borne: It... | |
 | A. J. Hoenselaars - Drama - 1992 - 366 pages
...as to whether it is a Danish habit to overindulge in alcohol on festive occasions, Hamlet replies: Ay, marry is't, But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance. This heavy-headed revel east and west Makes... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, 25 Ў2m N z xZ , [`Y e 2 t J h ] v !!5S e bH #<bh0oh c custom More honored in the breach than the observance. (I, iv) NAWM-1 26 I am thy father's spirit,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...rouse, Keeps wassail and the swagg'ring upspring reels;21 And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge. HORATIO Is it a custom? HAMLET Ay marry is't; But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...HAMLET V/O Keeps wassail, and the swagg'ring upspring reels; And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge. HORATIO V/O Is it a custom? HAMLET V/O Ay, marry is 't, But to my mind, though I am native here And... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...belief in political obedience arising from habit, as opposed to consent through a "social contract." And to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616) British dramatist,... | |
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The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge. 
