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The oet for the ocono wuo, God«.ia cl; iirod, "very
..•ith a minted tu t >eotry hun. : between the plllt ro of «',;
and un ivory diptych to holt,: the portrait of Clr u-;,t',ce f
"ao as to be out of the v^y of the Ghoct", and ,--;un«J the
aanaftoncnt of the sequence "ineffective". .,cott Ceocribed
Hamlet, hie father* a 'ortiv.it in miniature ^e, 4y on its cord
at hio neck, entering to find Gertrude, "yet a lovely
tiring herself before the .-nprooch of her lord". The
copy rentirka -'wTiecn very incJif-ncnt t,t Tirit", ana, according
to cicott, Hamlet v;;,a fiercely upbraiding hio nother for "her
'>, rti- l^ity for t/i-.t oane imtctl uncle ! 't v/licn hio h.ind " -,ccidentnll'
' foil upon a rortri it of t'.ic King*1 resting on her
's
Jeising ap the cabinet victare which ie ct hand
he camp re;, it witu the locLot cm': cn-.iG by s,t --r
it under hie feet in a tcn>est of r o»
Of the rV'il.-'ble altornativoc v.t oliiu junct-irc, Ir-via.-' hau
chosen to ro :reoent the t.,o yjortruito so fi. -:.--titr. of Hamlet *o
/fcri'ttt; took the matcri r :.l ^.--c coat; t ion of -;;:\c
to itc extrcnc, and c. ai;cd ccriou:.' doubt :xaon^*nt t5:e
critico. ^;.- ^.4:-.:/;c; felt thr-'t the now Ilanlot overbore hir:
nothor ri ,-ly Hby force of luiif", and tli. -t the violence of his
behrviour deprived tho •: ccno of the el.ur.dvc but auch-cocired
tonderneen. A r-o viewer of l-v^c^.-'s ':.ar.alct, ci:i ycri^c. later,
--CT.O ?borod BarrotVo rt'n^div: on Claa^iiu^o ii^'.ro as "cf-''cct;.ve
but rcther cl-p trc,- -7" C_.j ^. t.-c . .? Jj.c-c, 1-30 (1« 91) p. ^5).
7he Cap-Jii DUC Oritic r-otod t!;.0.* the C;uor:i rocc to the .^ccccion
by ,.obVrv "hurriW.y", and felt thct it i;u."t bo 'Uicn: fo-t,ble"
for i'iso Lei^htoii to "evolve thoee c^ar-ao^ic ra^tc". j^^JTir;/^
racntiv:. t k-jfO nail r, v;ho at tho berr.minc of t.ie cccno v;cro
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the -ucc.: to ch; ...--.,30 into "ci oo;. ; aotivc -l£L:l: ». JI'^JT »
and co"-. -icnto t'vt "no'V"d-Y' coLil. be •'•.or- ncturrl- th -n j. o
ocone ao thue contrived". It ic not apparent whether they