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Captious Critic found him incongruous and amusing, His "Heaven
secure him" (114) bcin/; uttered ith a "pi: cicl indifference
as to whether cuch a result may or may not be arrived at".
Lilre Irvinc, Barrett had cut from the Ghost's speech
the graphic description of the "vile and lo. tiicome crust",
but, unlike Irving, had let stand the line "Unhouseled, disappointed,
unanelecl." (6< -73»77). Irving had included the six
lines beginning "0 Hamlet, what a falling off was thereJ" (47-
52) in his published i.ctinc c ition, but removed them in his
1G78 prompt book
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. Both Bcirrott and Irving removed 53-7: the
reflection th;. t virtuo is immoveable, but lust will r;atc
itself on a celestial bed and turn to garbage. In some lines
Barrett repeated words - "yes, by Heaven" became "yes, yes,
by Heaven", and "My tobies, meet it is I set it down" was
altered to "My tables, my t;-bl