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Retrenchments , it will be seen , had been made : and some idea may be formed
of the enlargement from what is said in the title - page of the quarto edition of
Hamlet , in 1611 : which in terms states that play to have been ' then “ enlarged to
...
Retrenchments , it will be seen , had been made : and some idea may be formed
of the enlargement from what is said in the title - page of the quarto edition of
Hamlet , in 1611 : which in terms states that play to have been ' then “ enlarged to
...
Page x
we write for those who are in want of aid , and think it better that some should
conceive offence at being taught , than that any should be at a loss for
information , we have made no comments but where we have felt doubt
ourselves , or seen ...
we write for those who are in want of aid , and think it better that some should
conceive offence at being taught , than that any should be at a loss for
information , we have made no comments but where we have felt doubt
ourselves , or seen ...
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I have seen nothing . MAR . Horatio says , ' tis but our fantasy ; And will not let
belief take hold of him , Touching this dreaded sight , twice seen of us : Therefore
I have entreated him along With us , to watch the minutes of this night ; ( 5 ) That ,
if ...
I have seen nothing . MAR . Horatio says , ' tis but our fantasy ; And will not let
belief take hold of him , Touching this dreaded sight , twice seen of us : Therefore
I have entreated him along With us , to watch the minutes of this night ; ( 5 ) That ,
if ...
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Sit down awhile ; And let us once again assail your ears , That are so fortified
against our story , What we two nights have seen . . HOR . ' Well , sit we down ,
And let us hear Barnardo speak of this . BAR . Last night of all , When yon same
star ...
Sit down awhile ; And let us once again assail your ears , That are so fortified
against our story , What we two nights have seen . . HOR . ' Well , sit we down ,
And let us hear Barnardo speak of this . BAR . Last night of all , When yon same
star ...
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But , look , the morn , ( 31 ) in russet mantle clad , Walks o ' er the dew of yon high
eastern hill : Break we our watch up ; and , by my advice , Let us impart what we
have seen to - night Unto young Hamlet : for , upon my life , This spirit , dumb to ...
But , look , the morn , ( 31 ) in russet mantle clad , Walks o ' er the dew of yon high
eastern hill : Break we our watch up ; and , by my advice , Let us impart what we
have seen to - night Unto young Hamlet : for , upon my life , This spirit , dumb to ...
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Page 157 - 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 93 - Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will: My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent; And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 140 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar...
Page 73 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Page 64 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 64 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 135 - 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 is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. 2 Clo. But is this law ? 1 Clo. Ay, marry is't ; crowner's-quest law. 2 Clo. Will you ha' the truth on't ? If this had not been a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out of Christian...
Page 47 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 32 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with...
Page 114 - Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
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| Title | Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare, William Shakespeare |
| Authors | William Shakespeare, Thomas Caldecott |
| Editors | Thomas Caldecott, William Crowe |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1820 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 466 pages |
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