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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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To prick and sting her.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 86<br />

<strong>The</strong> glow-worm shows the matin to be near,<br />

And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 89<br />

Remember thee!<br />

Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat<br />

In this distracted globe. Remember thee!<br />

Yea, from the table <strong>of</strong> my memory<br />

I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records,<br />

All saws <strong>of</strong> books, all forms, all pressures past,<br />

That youth and observation copied there.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 95<br />

O most pernicious woman!<br />

O villain, villain, smiling, damnéd villain!<br />

My tables,—meet it is I set it down,<br />

That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;<br />

At least I’m sure it may be so in Denmark.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 105<br />

Hamlet: <strong>The</strong>re’s ne’er a villain dwelling in all Denmark,<br />

But he’s an arrant knave.<br />

Horatio: <strong>The</strong>re needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave,<br />

To tell us this.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 123<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are but wild and whirling words, my lord.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 133<br />

It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 138<br />

Hic et ubique? then we’ll shift our ground.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 156<br />

Well said, old mole! canst work i’ the earth so fast?<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 162<br />

O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 164<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,<br />

Than are dreamt <strong>of</strong> in your philosophy.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 166<br />

To put an antic disposition on.<br />

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 172<br />

Rest, rest, perturbéd spirit.

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