The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] — John Shaqi
The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Mar._ } My lord, from head to foot.[244][245][246]
_Ber._ }
_Ham._ Then saw you not his face?[246][247]
_Hor._ O, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up.[246][248]
_Ham._ What, look'd he frowningly?[249] 230
_Hor._ A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.
_Ham._ Pale or red?
_Hor._ Nay, very pale.
_Ham._ And fix'd his eyes upon you?
_Hor._ Most constantly.
_Ham._ I would I had been there.
_Hor._ It would have much amazed you.[250] 235
_Ham._ Very like, very like. Stay'd it long?[250][251]
_Hor._ While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred.[250][252]
_Mar._} Longer, longer.[250][253]
_Ber._}
_Hor._ Not when I saw't.
_Ham._ His beard was grizzled? no?[254][255]
_Hor._ It was, as I have seen it in his life,[255][256] 240
A sable silver'd.[257]
_Ham._ I will watch to-night;
Perchance 'twill walk again.
_Hor._ I warrant it will.[258]
_Ham._ If it assume my noble father's person,
I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape
And bid me hold my peace. I pray you all, 245
If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight,[259]
Let it be tenable in your silence still,[260]
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,[261]
Give it an understanding, but no tongue:
I will requite your loves. So fare you well:[262] 250
Upon the platform, 'twixt eleven and twelve.[263]
I'll visit you.
_All._ Our duty to your honour.[264]
_Ham._ Your loves, as mine to you: farewell.[265]
[_Exeunt all but Hamlet._
My father's spirit in arms! all is not well;[266]
I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! 255
Till then sit still, my soul: foul deeds will rise,[267]
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. [_Exit._
SCENE III. _A room in Polonius's house._
_Enter_ LAERTES _and_ OPHELIA.[268]
_Laer._ My necessaries are embark'd: farewell:[269]
And, sister, as the winds give benefit
And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,[270]
But let me hear from you.
_Oph._ Do you doubt that?
_Laer._ For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favour,[271] 5
Hold it a fashion, and a toy in blood,
A violet in the youth of primy nature,[272]
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,[273]
The perfume and suppliance of a minute;[274]
No more.
_Oph._ No more but so?
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