John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1600 |
| They are not a pipe for fortune’s finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.—Something too much of this. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1601 |
| And my imaginations are as foul As Vulcan’s stithy. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1602 |
| Here ’s metal more attractive. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1603 |
| Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I ’ll have a suit of sables. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1604 |
| There ’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1605 |
| For, O, for, O, the hobby-horse is forgot. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1606 |
| This is miching mallecho; it means mischief. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1607 |
| Ham. Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? Oph. ’T is brief, my lord. Ham. As woman’s love. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1608 |
| Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1609 |
| The lady doth protest 1 too much, methinks. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1610 |
| Let the galled jade wince, our withers are unwrung. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1611 |
| The story is extant, and writ in choice Italian. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1612 |
| Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play; For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1613 |
| ’T is as easy as lying. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1614 |
| It will discourse most eloquent music. |
| Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. ”Protests” in Dyce, Singer, and Staunton. [back] |