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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1617 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1617
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Ham. Do you see yonder cloud that ’s almost in shape of a camel?
Pol. By the mass, and ’t is like a camel, indeed.
Ham. Methinks it is like a weasel.
Pol. It is backed like a weasel.
Ham. Or like a whale?
Pol. Very like a whale.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.