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Good Hamlet cast thy nightly colour off, | Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off, | Ham I.ii.68 |
And let thine eye looke like a Friend on Denmarke. | And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. | Ham I.ii.69 |
Do not for euer with thy veyled lids | Do not for ever with thy vailed lids | Ham I.ii.70 |
Seeke for thy Noble Father in the dust; | Seek for thy noble father in the dust. | Ham I.ii.71 |
Thou know'st 'tis common, all that liues must dye, | Thou knowest 'tis common. All that lives must die, | Ham I.ii.72 |
Passing through Nature, to Eternity. | Passing through nature to eternity. | Ham I.ii.73 |
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If it be; | If it be, | Ham I.ii.74.2 |
Why seemes it so particular with thee. | Why seems it so particular with thee? | Ham I.ii.75 |
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Let not thy Mother lose her Prayers Hamlet: | Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet. | Ham I.ii.118 |
I prythee stay with vs, go not to Wittenberg. | I pray thee stay with us. Go not to Wittenberg. | Ham I.ii.119 |
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Good Gentlemen, he hath much talk'd of you, | Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of you, | Ham II.ii.19 |
And sure I am, two men there are not liuing, | And sure I am two men there is not living | Ham II.ii.20 |
To whom he more adheres. If it will please you | To whom he more adheres. If it will please you | Ham II.ii.21 |
To shew vs so much Gentrie, and good will, | To show us so much gentry and good will | Ham II.ii.22 |
As to expend your time with vs a-while, | As to expend your time with us awhile | Ham II.ii.23 |
For the supply and profit of our Hope, | For the supply and profit of our hope, | Ham II.ii.24 |
Your Visitation shall receiue such thankes | Your visitation shall receive such thanks | Ham II.ii.25 |
As fits a Kings remembrance. | As fits a king's remembrance. | Ham II.ii.26.1 |
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Thankes Guildensterne and gentle Rosincrance. | Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz. | Ham II.ii.34 |
And I beseech you instantly to visit | And I beseech you instantly to visit | Ham II.ii.35 |
My too much changed Sonne. / Go some of ye, | My too much changed son. – Go, some of you, | Ham II.ii.36 |
And bring the Gentlemen where Hamlet is. | And bring these gentlemen where Hamlet is. | Ham II.ii.37 |
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Amen. | Ay, amen! | Ham II.ii.39 |
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I doubt it is no other, but the maine, | I doubt it is no other but the main, | Ham II.ii.56 |
His Fathers death, and our o're-hasty Marriage. | His father's death and our o'erhasty marriage. | Ham II.ii.57 |
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More matter, with lesse Art. | More matter, with less art. | Ham II.ii.95.2 |
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Came this from Hamlet to her. | Came this from Hamlet to her? | Ham II.ii.113 |
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It may be very likely. | It may be, very like. | Ham II.ii.152 |
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So he ha's indeed. | So he does indeed. | Ham II.ii.161.2 |
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But looke where sadly the poore wretch / Comes reading. | But look where sadly the poor wretch comes reading. | Ham II.ii.168 |
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Did he receiue you well? | Did he receive you well? | Ham III.i.10.2 |
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Did you assay him | Did you assay him | Ham III.i.14.2 |
to any pastime? | To any pastime? | Ham III.i.15 |
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I shall obey you, | I shall obey you. – | Ham III.i.37.2 |
And for your part Ophelia, I do wish | And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish | Ham III.i.38 |
That your good Beauties be the happy cause | That your good beauties be the happy cause | Ham III.i.39 |
Of Hamlets wildenesse: so shall I hope your Vertues | Of Hamlet's wildness. So shall I hope your virtues | Ham III.i.40 |
Will bring him to his wonted way againe, | Will bring him to his wonted way again, | Ham III.i.41 |
To both your Honors. | To both your honours. | Ham III.i.42.1 |
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Come hither my good Hamlet, sit by me. | Come hither, my dear Hamlet, sit by me. | Ham III.ii.118 |
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The Lady protests to much me thinkes. | The lady doth protest too much, methinks. | Ham III.ii.240 |
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How fares my Lord? | How fares my lord? | Ham III.ii.276 |
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Ile warrant you, feare me not. / Withdraw, I heare | I'll warrant you. Fear me not. Withdraw. I hear | Ham III.iv.7 |
him comming. | him coming. | Ham III.iv.8 |
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Hamlet, thou hast thy Father much offended. | Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. | Ham III.iv.10 |
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Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue. | Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue. | Ham III.iv.12 |
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Why how now Hamlet? | Why, how now, Hamlet? | Ham III.iv.14.1 |
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Haue you forgot me? | Have you forgot me? | Ham III.iv.15.1 |
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Nay, then Ile set those to you that can speake. | Nay, then I'll set those to you that can speak. | Ham III.iv.18 |
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What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murther me? | What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? | Ham III.iv.22 |
Helpe, helpe, hoa. | Help, ho! | Ham III.iv.23 |
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Oh me, what hast thou done? | O me, what hast thou done? | Ham III.iv.26.2 |
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Oh what a rash, and bloody deed is this? | O, what a rash and bloody deed is this! | Ham III.iv.28 |
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As kill a King? | As kill a king! | Ham III.iv.31.1 |
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What haue I done, that thou dar'st wag thy tong, | What have I done that thou darest wag thy tongue | Ham III.iv.40 |
In noise so rude against me? | In noise so rude against me? | Ham III.iv.41.1 |
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Aye me; what act, | Ay me, what act, | Ham III.iv.52.2 |
that roares so lowd, & thunders in the Index. | That roars so loud and thunders in the index? | Ham III.iv.53 |
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O Hamlet, speake no more. | O Hamlet, speak no more. | Ham III.iv.89.2 |
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soule, | Thou turnest mine eyes into my very soul, | Ham III.iv.90 |
And there I see such blacke and grained spots, | And there I see such black and grained spots | Ham III.iv.91 |
As will not leaue their Tinct. | As will not leave their tinct. | Ham III.iv.92.1 |
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Oh speake to me, no more, | O, speak to me no more. | Ham III.iv.95.2 |
These words like Daggers enter in mine eares. | These words like daggers enter in mine ears. | Ham III.iv.96 |
No more sweet Hamlet. | No more, sweet Hamlet. | Ham III.iv.97.1 |
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No more. | No more. | Ham III.iv.102.2 |
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Alas he's mad. | Alas, he's mad. | Ham III.iv.106 |
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Alas, how is't with you? | Alas, how is't with you, | Ham III.iv.117 |
That you bend your eye on vacancie, | That you do bend your eye on vacancy, | Ham III.iv.118 |
And with their corporall ayre do hold discourse. | And with th' incorporal air do hold discourse? | Ham III.iv.119 |
Forth at your eyes, your spirits wildely peepe, | Forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep, | Ham III.iv.120 |
And as the sleeping Soldiours in th'Alarme, | And, as the sleeping soldiers in th' alarm, | Ham III.iv.121 |
Your bedded haire, like life in excrements, | Your bedded hair like life in excrements, | Ham III.iv.122 |
Start vp, and stand an end. Oh gentle Sonne, | Start up and stand an end. O gentle son, | Ham III.iv.123 |
Vpon the heate and flame of thy distemper | Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper | Ham III.iv.124 |
Sprinkle coole patience. Whereon do you looke? | Sprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you look? | Ham III.iv.125 |
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To who do you speake this? | To whom do you speak this? | Ham III.iv.132.1 |
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Nothing at all, yet all that is I see. | Nothing at all. Yet all that is I see. | Ham III.iv.133 |
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No, nothing but our selues. | No, nothing but ourselves. | Ham III.iv.134.2 |
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This is the very coynage of your Braine, | This is the very coinage of your brain. | Ham III.iv.138 |
This bodilesse Creation extasie | This bodiless creation ecstasy | Ham III.iv.139 |
is very cunning in. | Is very cunning in. | Ham III.iv.140.1 |
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Oh Hamlet, / Thou hast cleft my heart in twaine. | O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. | Ham III.iv.157 |
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What shall I do? | What shall I do? | Ham III.iv.181.2 |
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Be thou assur'd, if words be made of breath, | Be thou assured, if words be made of breath, | Ham III.iv.198 |
And breath of life: I haue no life to breath | And breath of life, I have no life to breathe | Ham III.iv.199 |
What thou hast saide to me. | What thou hast said to me. | Ham III.iv.200 |
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Alacke | Alack, | Ham III.iv.201.2 |
I had forgot: 'Tis so concluded on. | I had forgot. 'Tis so concluded on. | Ham III.iv.202 |
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| Bestow this place on us a little while. | Ham IV.i.4 |
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Ah my good Lord, what haue I seene to night? | Ah, my good lord, what have I seen tonight! | Ham IV.i.5 |
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Mad as the Seas, and winde, when both contend | Mad as the sea and wind when both contend | Ham IV.i.7 |
Which is the Mightier, in his lawlesse fit | Which is the mightier. In his lawless fit, | Ham IV.i.8 |
Behinde the Arras, hearing something stirre, | Behind the arras hearing something stir, | Ham IV.i.9 |
He whips his Rapier out, and cries a Rat, a Rat, | Whips out his rapier, cries, ‘ A rat, a rat!’ | Ham IV.i.10 |
And in his brainish apprehension killes | And in this brainish apprehension kills | Ham IV.i.11 |
The vnseene good old man. | The unseen good old man. | Ham IV.i.12.1 |
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To draw apart the body he hath kild, | To draw apart the body he hath killed; | Ham IV.i.24 |
O're whom his very madnesse like some Oare | O'er whom his very madness, like some ore | Ham IV.i.25 |
Among a Minerall of Mettels base | Among a mineral of metals base, | Ham IV.i.26 |
Shewes it selfe pure. He weepes for what is done. | Shows itself pure. 'A weeps for what is done. | Ham IV.i.27 |
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I will not speake with her. | I will not speak with her. | Ham IV.v.1 |
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What would she haue? | What would she have? | Ham IV.v.3.2 |
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Let her come in. | Let her come in. | Ham IV.v.16 |
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To my sicke soule (as sinnes true Nature is) | (aside) To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is, | Ham IV.v.17 |
Each toy seemes Prologue, to some great amisse, | Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. | Ham IV.v.18 |
So full of Artlesse iealousie is guilt, | So full of artless jealousy is guilt | Ham IV.v.19 |
It spill's it selfe, in fearing to be spilt. | It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. | Ham IV.v.20 |
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How now Ophelia? | How now, Ophelia? | Ham IV.v.22 |
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Alas sweet Lady: what imports this Song? | Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? | Ham IV.v.27 |
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Nay but Ophelia. | Nay, but, Ophelia – | Ham IV.v.34 |
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Alas, looke heere my Lord. | Alas, look here, my lord. | Ham IV.v.37 |
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Alacke, what noyse is this? | Alack, what noise is this? | Ham IV.v.98 |
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How cheerefully on the false Traile they cry, | How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! | Ham IV.v.111 |
Oh this is Counter you false Danish Dogges. | O, this is counter, you false Danish dogs! | Ham IV.v.112 |
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Calmely good Laertes. | Calmly, good Laertes. | Ham IV.v.118.2 |
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But not by him. | But not by him. | Ham IV.v.130.3 |
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One woe doth tread vpon anothers heele, | One woe doth tread upon another's heel, | Ham IV.vii.163 |
So fast they'l follow: your Sister's drown'd Laertes. | So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes. | Ham IV.vii.164 |
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There is a Willow growes aslant a Brooke, | There is a willow grows askant the brook, | Ham IV.vii.166 |
That shewes his hore leaues in the glassie streame: | That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. | Ham IV.vii.167 |
There with fantasticke Garlands did she come, | Therewith fantastic garlands did she make | Ham IV.vii.168 |
Of Crow-flowers, Nettles, Daysies, and long Purples, | Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, | Ham IV.vii.169 |
That liberall Shepheards giue a grosser name; | That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, | Ham IV.vii.170 |
But our cold Maids doe Dead Mens Fingers call them: | But our cold maids do dead-men's-fingers call them. | Ham IV.vii.171 |
There on the pendant boughes, her Coronet weeds | There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds | Ham IV.vii.172 |
Clambring to hang; an enuious sliuer broke, | Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, | Ham IV.vii.173 |
When downe the weedy Trophies, and her selfe, | When down her weedy trophies and herself | Ham IV.vii.174 |
Fell in the weeping Brooke, her cloathes spred wide, | Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, | Ham IV.vii.175 |
And Mermaid-like, a while they bore her vp, | And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up; | Ham IV.vii.176 |
Which time she chaunted snatches of old tunes, | Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes, | Ham IV.vii.177 |
As one incapable of her owne distresse, | As one incapable of her own distress, | Ham IV.vii.178 |
Or like a creature Natiue, and indued | Or like a creature native and indued | Ham IV.vii.179 |
Vnto that Element: but long it could not be, | Unto that element. But long it could not be | Ham IV.vii.180 |
Till that her garments, heauy with her drinke, | Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, | Ham IV.vii.181 |
Pul'd the poore wretch from her melodious buy, | Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay | Ham IV.vii.182 |
To muddy death. | To muddy death. | Ham IV.vii.183.1 |
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Drown'd, drown'd. | Drowned, drowned. | Ham IV.vii.184 |
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Sweets, to the sweet farewell. | Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. | Ham V.i.239 |
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I hop'd thou should'st haue bin my Hamlets wife: | I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife. | Ham V.i.240 |
I thought thy Bride-bed to haue deckt (sweet Maid) | I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid, | Ham V.i.241 |
And not t'haue strew'd thy Graue. | And not have strewed thy grave. | Ham V.i.242.1 |
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Hamlet, Hamlet. | Hamlet, Hamlet! | Ham V.i.260.2 |
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Oh my Sonne, what Theame? | O my son, what theme? | Ham V.i.264 |
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For loue of God forbeare him. | For love of God, forbear him. | Ham V.i.269 |
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This is meere Madnesse: | This is mere madness. | Ham V.i.280.2 |
And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | Ham V.i.281 |
Anon as patient as the female Doue, | Anon, as patient as the female dove | Ham V.i.282 |
When that her golden Cuplet are disclos'd; | When that her golden couplets are disclosed, | Ham V.i.283 |
His silence will sit drooping. | His silence will sit drooping. | Ham V.i.284.1 |
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He's fat, and scant of breath. | He's fat and scant of breath. | Ham V.ii.281.2 |
Heere's a Napkin, rub thy browes, | Here, Hamlet, take my napkin. Rub thy brows. | Ham V.ii.282 |
The Queene Carowses to thy fortune, Hamlet. | The Queen carouses to thy fortune, Hamlet. | Ham V.ii.283 |
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I will my Lord; / I pray you pardon me. | I will, my lord. I pray you, pardon me. | Ham V.ii.285 |
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Come, let me wipe thy face. | Come, let me wipe thy face. | Ham V.ii.288 |
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No, no, the drinke, the drinke. / Oh my deere Hamlet, | No, no, the drink, the drink! O my dear Hamlet! | Ham V.ii.303 |
the drinke, the drinke, / I am poyson'd. | The drink, the drink! I am poisoned. | Ham V.ii.304 |