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Pagina 58
That skull might once have been a politician ' s ; And that a lawyer ' s , or a grave
physician ' s . Law , politics , and physic , now must grovel , To bear a basting with
a dirty shovel ! - That sexton seems a dev ' lish dry old elf : . Horatio , shall we ...
That skull might once have been a politician ' s ; And that a lawyer ' s , or a grave
physician ' s . Law , politics , and physic , now must grovel , To bear a basting with
a dirty shovel ! - That sexton seems a dev ' lish dry old elf : . Horatio , shall we ...
Pagina 59
This skull was Yorick ' s once , the late king ' s jester . Hamlet . Alas , poor Yorick !
- Sir , I knew him well - O ! He was indeed a jolly roaring fellow . Horatio , he
would get dead drunk , - and after Could keep the table in a roar of laughter ; The
...
This skull was Yorick ' s once , the late king ' s jester . Hamlet . Alas , poor Yorick !
- Sir , I knew him well - O ! He was indeed a jolly roaring fellow . Horatio , he
would get dead drunk , - and after Could keep the table in a roar of laughter ; The
...
Pagina 61
Sexton , throw aside your spade , Don ' t be in so much haste , my blade ; Once
more I ' ll buss the bonny maid , Before the grave you fill , Sir . [ Leaps into the
grave . Now cover up the quick and dead , And pile your dust upon my head , "
Till of ...
Sexton , throw aside your spade , Don ' t be in so much haste , my blade ; Once
more I ' ll buss the bonny maid , Before the grave you fill , Sir . [ Leaps into the
grave . Now cover up the quick and dead , And pile your dust upon my head , "
Till of ...
Pagina 76
( f ) — I ' m sitting upon pins and needlesI suppose that corking - pins are here
intended . I once had a very strong reason for this supposition ; but it has
unfortunately escaped my memory . THEOBALD . The ingenious Mr . Theobald is
wrong in ...
( f ) — I ' m sitting upon pins and needlesI suppose that corking - pins are here
intended . I once had a very strong reason for this supposition ; but it has
unfortunately escaped my memory . THEOBALD . The ingenious Mr . Theobald is
wrong in ...
Pagina 85
... furnish us with any substantial proof of his acquaintance with the learned
languages : for it is certain that Ben Jonson , with whom he was once upon terms
of the closest intimacy , not only furnished him with all the Latin he required , but
even ...
... furnish us with any substantial proof of his acquaintance with the learned
languages : for it is certain that Ben Jonson , with whom he was once upon terms
of the closest intimacy , not only furnished him with all the Latin he required , but
even ...
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actors ANNOTATIONS bear beauty better bring called Cheer Commentators consider critic dead dear death Denmark Derry dirty doubt drink Drums Edition Enter Enter Hamlet Exeunt Exit face father fear follow GENTLEMEN Ghost give grace grave Gravedigger Guild GUILDENSTERN Hamlet hand he's head hold hope I'll intended is't JOHNSON keep kill King LADIES Laertes leave look Lord maid Marcellus meaning meet mind minute mother nature never night nose once Ophelia Osrick Palace pantomime passage play poet Polonius poor POPE Pray present Queen randy dandy reason Ri tol tiddy Rosen ROSENCRANTZ says Horatio SCENE sense Sings sitting soon STEEVENS suppose sure tell thee there's thing thou Tol de rol travesty true trumpet Tune WARBURTON watch what's whilst young
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Pagina 86 - Shakespeare was godfather to one of Ben Jonson's children, and, after the christening, being in a deep study, Jonson came to cheer him up, and asked him why he was so melancholy. ' No faith, Ben,' says he, ' not I, but I have been considering a great while what should be the fittest gift for me to bestow upon my godchild, and I have resolved at last.' ' I prythee, what ? ' says he. ' I' faith, Ben, I'll e'en give him a dozen good Latin (latten) spoons, and thou shalt translate them.
Pagina 53 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Pagina 71 - How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the Sun.
Pagina 36 - And it's oh! dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be?
Pagina 104 - Hawkins is of opinion that tan-ta-ra-ra is not exactly imitative of the note of the trumpet, which is tan-ia-ra-ra-ra ; but Dr. Burney assures me that it was not until about the middle of the seventeenth century that this innovation in trumpetology was known, when it was introduced by one Hans Von Puffenblowenschwartz, trumpeter to the gallant Prince Rupert.
Pagina 23 - O, I wish it were my turn to-morrow! But, perchance, in that sleep we may dream, For we dream in our beds very often — Now, however capricious 't may seem, I've no relish for dreams in a coffin.
Pagina 3 - I'd give if a sure way I knew, How to thaw and resolve my stout flesh into dew ! How happy were I if no sin was self-slaughter ! For I'd then throw myself and my cares in the water. , Derry down, down, down, derry down. How weary, how profitless, — stale, and how flat, Seem to me all life's uses, its joys, and all that : This world is a garden unweeded...
Pagina 107 - ... goes on in a train of philosophical reasoning that leaves the reader in astonishment Johnson, with true piety, adopts the fanciful hypothesis, declaring it to be a noble emendation, which almost sets the critic on a level with the author.