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

1679 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1679
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now; your gambols, your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? Quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.