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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Doomed for a certain term to walk the night.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 9<br />

But that I am forbid<br />

To tell the secrets <strong>of</strong> my prison-house,<br />

I could a tale unfold whose lightest word<br />

Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,<br />

Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres,<br />

Thy knotted and combinéd locks to part,<br />

And each particular hair to stand an end,<br />

Like quills upon the fretful porpentine:<br />

But this eternal blazon must not be<br />

To ears <strong>of</strong> flesh and blood. List, list, O, list!<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 13<br />

Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 25<br />

Murder most foul, as in the best it is;<br />

But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 27<br />

And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed<br />

That rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,<br />

Wouldst thou not stir in this.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 32<br />

O my prophetic soul!<br />

My uncle!<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 40<br />

But, s<strong>of</strong>t! methinks I scent the morning air.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 58<br />

In the porches <strong>of</strong> mine ears.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 63<br />

Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother’s hand,<br />

Of life, <strong>of</strong> crown, <strong>of</strong> queen, at once dispatched;<br />

Cut <strong>of</strong>f even in the blossoms <strong>of</strong> my sin,<br />

Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled,<br />

No reckoning made, but sent to my account<br />

With all my imperfections on my head:<br />

O, horrible! O, horrible! most horrible!<br />

If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 74<br />

Leave her to heaven,<br />

And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,

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