...performance, reprising his "Crispin Crispian" speech in Henry V in theme and delivery, pivots on this passage: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. (Branagh, Hamlet 122) As Hamlet speaks, the camera pulls back until he is a tiny figure in the snowy...

...was a lesson in power that I have not forgotren. Shakespeare puts these words into Hamler's mouth: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument....greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.1'' This is exactly the same principle as demonstrared to me by the lion and the Queen's guard....

...delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit, with divine ambition puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, Even for an eggshell. The peculiarity of this has not been properly addressed by the critics, I'm always astonished to discover....

...that. "Twelve and a half million — that's what the new Conditioning Centre cost. Not a cent less") "Exposing what is mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death and danger dare, even for an eggshell. Isn't there something in that?" he asked, looking up at Mustapha Mond. "Quite apart from God — though...

...(or a maid's legs) - whose spirit, with divine ambition puffed, makes mouths at the invisible event, exposing what is mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death and danger dare - even for an egg-shell! Why, such a one as he would find a quarrel in a straw, when honour's at the stake. As I pack my books...

...and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd Makes mouths at the invisible event, 50 Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 55 When honour's at the stake. How stand I then. That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd, Excitements...

...lines in Hamlet's final soliloquy, where his thoughts are prompted by the troopmovements of Fortinbras: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. (4.4. 53-6) I had always taken these lines to mean something like 'a truly great man will always defend...

...layout of the material in the corpus, which can be clearly seen from the following example: Honour . . . Rightly, to be great Is not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake, Hamlet. A. 4, S 4 The second Shakespeare concordance, compiled by the librarian Ayscough O790l. was...

...and tender prince, Whose spirit, with divine ambition puff'd, Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune,...great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw [...]. (p. 892)30 28 Pour ce qui est de Q2, la page de titre suggère le même accent sur la perspective...

...Th1s reminds us of Aristotle, and our own feelings are well expressed by Shakespeare when he says: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. The same poet, a great judge of human nature, has another passage, also, alas, applicable to the Christian:...