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| Both your Maiesties | Both your majesties | Ham II.ii.26.2 |
| Might by the Soueraigne power you haue of vs, | Might, by the sovereign power you have of us, | Ham II.ii.27 |
| Put your dread pleasures, more into Command | Put your dread pleasures more into command | Ham II.ii.28 |
| Then to Entreatie. | Than to entreaty. | Ham II.ii.29.1 |
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| God saue you Sir. | God save you, sir! | Ham II.ii.221 |
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| My most deare Lord? | My most dear lord! | Ham II.ii.223 |
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| As the indifferent Children of the earth. | As the indifferent children of the earth. | Ham II.ii.227 |
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| Neither my Lord. | Neither, my lord. | Ham II.ii.230.2 |
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| None my Lord; but that the World's | None, my lord, but that the world's | Ham II.ii.236 |
| growne honest. | grown honest. | Ham II.ii.237 |
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| Then is the World one. | Then is the world one. | Ham II.ii.244 |
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| We thinke not so my Lord. | We think not so, my lord. | Ham II.ii.247 |
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| Why then your Ambition makes it one: | Why, then your ambition makes it one. | Ham II.ii.251 |
| 'tis too narrow for your minde. | 'Tis too narrow for your mind. | Ham II.ii.252 |
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| Truely, and I hold Ambition of so ayry and | Truly; and I hold ambition of so airy and | Ham II.ii.260 |
| light a quality, that it is but a shadowes shadow. | light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow. | Ham II.ii.261 |
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| Both. | ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN | |
| Wee'l wait vpon | We'll wait upon | Ham II.ii.265 |
| you. | you. | Ham II.ii.266 |
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| To visit you my Lord, no other occasion. | To visit you, my lord. No other occasion. | Ham II.ii.271 |
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| To what end my Lord? | To what end, my lord? | Ham II.ii.282 |
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| What say you? | What say you? | Ham II.ii.289 |
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| My Lord, there was no such stuffe in my | My lord, there was no such stuff in my | Ham II.ii.311 |
| thoughts. | thoughts. | Ham II.ii.312 |
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| To thinke, my Lord, if you delight not in | To think, my lord, if you delight not in | Ham II.ii.315 |
| Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall | man, what lenten entertainment the players shall | Ham II.ii.316 |
| receiue from you: wee coated them on the way, and | receive from you. We coted them on the way. And | Ham II.ii.317 |
| hither are they comming to offer you Seruice. | hither are they coming to offer you service. | Ham II.ii.318 |
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| Euen those you were wont to take | Even those you were wont to take such | Ham II.ii.327 |
| delight in / the Tragedians of the City. | delight in, the tragedians of the city. | Ham II.ii.328 |
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| I thinke their Inhibition comes by the | I think their inhibition comes by the | Ham II.ii.331 |
| meanes of the late Innouation? | means of the late innovation. | Ham II.ii.332 |
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| No indeed, they are not. | No, indeed are they not. | Ham II.ii.335 |
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| Nay, their indeauour keepes in the wonted | Nay, their endeavour keeps in the wonted | Ham II.ii.337 |
| pace; But there is Sir an ayrie of Children, little Yases, | pace. But there is, sir, an eyrie of children, little eyases, | Ham II.ii.338 |
| that crye out on the top of question; and are most tyrannically | that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically | Ham II.ii.339 |
| clap't for't: these are now the fashion, and so | clapped for't. These are now the fashion, and so | Ham II.ii.340 |
| be-ratled the common Stages (so they call them) that | berattle the common stages – so they call them – that | Ham II.ii.341 |
| many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils, and dare | many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills and dare | Ham II.ii.342 |
| scarse come thither. | scarce come thither. | Ham II.ii.343 |
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| Faith there ha's bene much to do on both | Faith, there has been much to-do on both | Ham II.ii.351 |
| sides: and the Nation holds it no sinne, to tarre them to | sides, and the nation holds it no sin to tarre them to | Ham II.ii.352 |
| Controuersie. There was for a while, no mony bid for | controversy. There was, for a while, no money bid for | Ham II.ii.353 |
| argument, vnlesse the Poet and the Player went to Cuffes | argument unless the poet and the player went to cuffs | Ham II.ii.354 |
| in the Question. | in the question. | Ham II.ii.355 |
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| I that they do my Lord. Hercules & | Ay, that they do, my lord – Hercules and | Ham II.ii.360 |
| his load too. | his load too. | Ham II.ii.361 |
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| Happily he's the second time come to | Happily he is the second time come to | Ham II.ii.383 |
| them: for they say, an old man is twice a childe. | them. For they say an old man is twice a child. | Ham II.ii.384 |
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| Good my Lord. | Good my lord. | Ham II.ii.545 |
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| He does confesse he feeles himselfe distracted, | He does confess he feels himself distracted, | Ham III.i.5 |
| But from what cause he will by no meanes speake. | But from what cause 'a will by no means speak. | Ham III.i.6 |
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| Most like a Gentleman. | Most like a gentleman. | Ham III.i.11 |
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| Niggard of question, but of our demands | Niggard of question, but of our demands | Ham III.i.13 |
| Most free in his reply. | Most free in his reply. | Ham III.i.14.1 |
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| Madam, it so fell out, that certaine Players | Madam, it so fell out that certain players | Ham III.i.16 |
| We ore-wrought on the way: of these we told him, | We o'erraught on the way. Of these we told him, | Ham III.i.17 |
| And there did seeme in him a kinde of ioy | And there did seem in him a kind of joy | Ham III.i.18 |
| To heare of it: They are about the Court, | To hear of it. They are here about the court, | Ham III.i.19 |
| And (as I thinke) they haue already order | And, as I think, they have already order | Ham III.i.20 |
| This night to play before him. | This night to play before him. | Ham III.i.21.1 |
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| We shall my Lord. | We shall, my lord. | Ham III.i.28.1 |
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| We will my Lord. | Ay, my lord. | Ham III.ii.61 |
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| I my Lord, they stay vpon your | Ay, my lord. They stay upon your | Ham III.ii.116 |
| patience. | patience. | Ham III.ii.117 |
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| Then thus she sayes: your behauior hath | Then thus she says: your behaviour hath | Ham III.ii.333 |
| stroke her into amazement, and admiration. | struck her into amazement and admiration. | Ham III.ii.334 |
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| She desires to speake with you in her | She desires to speak with you in her | Ham III.ii.338 |
| Closset, ere you go to bed. | closet ere you go to bed. | Ham III.ii.339 |
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| My Lord, you once did loue me. | My lord, you once did love me. | Ham III.ii.342 |
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| Good my Lord, what is your cause of distemper? | Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? | Ham III.ii.344 |
| You do freely barre the doore of your owne | You do surely bar the door upon your own | Ham III.ii.345 |
| Libertie, if you deny your greefes to your Friend. | liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend. | Ham III.ii.346 |
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| How can that be, when you haue the | How can that be, when you have the | Ham III.ii.348 |
| voyce of the King himselfe, for your Succession in | voice of the King himself for your succession in | Ham III.ii.349 |
| Denmarke? | Denmark? | Ham III.ii.350 |
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| The single / And peculiar life is bound | The single and peculiar life is bound | Ham III.iii.11 |
| With all the strength and Armour of the minde, | With all the strength and armour of the mind | Ham III.iii.12 |
| To keepe it selfe from noyance: but much more, | To keep itself from noyance; but much more | Ham III.iii.13 |
| That Spirit, vpon whose spirit depends and rests | That spirit upon whose weal depends and rests | Ham III.iii.14 |
| The liues of many, the cease of Maiestie | The lives of many. The cess of majesty | Ham III.iii.15 |
| Dies not alone; but like a Gulfe doth draw | Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw | Ham III.iii.16 |
| What's neere it, with it. It is a massie wheele | What's near it with it; or 'tis a massy wheel | Ham III.iii.17 |
| Fixt on the Somnet of the highest Mount, | Fixed on the summit of the highest mount, | Ham III.iii.18 |
| To whose huge Spoakes, ten thousand lesser things | To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things | Ham III.iii.19 |
| Are mortiz'd and adioyn'd: which when it falles, | Are mortised and adjoined; which when it falls, | Ham III.iii.20 |
| Each small annexment, pettie consequence | Each small annexment, petty consequence, | Ham III.iii.21 |
| Attends the boystrous Ruine. Neuer alone | Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone | Ham III.iii.22 |
| Did the King sighe, but with a generall grone. | Did the king sigh, but with a general groan. | Ham III.iii.23 |
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| We will haste vs. | We will haste us. | Ham III.iii.26.2 |
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| Gentlemen | GENTLEMEN | |
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| Hamlet, Lord Hamlet. | Hamlet! Lord Hamlet! | Ham IV.ii.2 |
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| What haue you done my Lord with the dead body? | What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? | Ham IV.ii.5 |
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| Tell vs where 'tis, that we may take it thence, | Tell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence | Ham IV.ii.7 |
| And beare it to the Chappell. | And bear it to the chapel. | Ham IV.ii.8 |
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| Beleeue what? | Believe what? | Ham IV.ii.10 |
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| Take you me for a Spundge, my Lord? | Take you me for a sponge, my lord? | Ham IV.ii.14 |
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| I vnderstand you not my Lord. | I understand you not, my lord. | Ham IV.ii.22 |
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| My Lord, you must tell vs where the body | My lord, you must tell us where the body | Ham IV.ii.25 |
| is, and go with vs to the King. | is, and go with us to the King. | Ham IV.ii.26 |
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| Where the dead body is bestow'd my Lord, | Where the dead body is bestowed, my lord, | Ham IV.iii.12 |
| We cannot get from him. | We cannot get from him. | Ham IV.iii.13.1 |
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| Without my Lord, guarded to know your pleasure. | Without, my lord; guarded, to know your pleasure. | Ham IV.iii.14 |
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| Hoa, Guildensterne? Bring in my Lord. | Ho! Bring in the lord. | Ham IV.iii.15.2 |
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| Will't please you go, my lord? | Ham IV.iv.30.2 |