John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1530 |
| O my prophetic soul! My uncle! |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1531 |
| O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there! |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1532 |
| But, soft! methinks I scent the morning air; Brief let me be. Sleeping within my orchard, My custom always of the afternoon. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1533 |
| Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhousell’d, disappointed, unaneled, No reckoning made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1534 |
| Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1535 |
| The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1536 |
| While memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I ’ll wipe away all trivial fond records. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1537 |
| Within the book and volume of my brain. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1538 |
| O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! My tables,—meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain: At least I ’m sure it may be so in Denmark. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1539 |
| Ham. There ’s ne’er a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he ’s an arrant knave. Hor. There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave To tell us this. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1540 |
| Every man has business and desire, Such as it is. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1541 |
| Art thou there, truepenny? Come on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |