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Shakspeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, With Notes, Extr. From the Old 'historie of Hamblet'
Shakspeare's Tragedy of Hamlet With Notes Extr From the Old 'historie of Hamblet' Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: ACT III. SCENE I. -- A Room in the Castle. Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Kosencrantz, and Guildenstern. King. And can you, by no drift of circumstance,1 Get from him why he puts on this confusion ; Grating so harshly all his days of quiet With turbulent and dangerous lunacy ? Bos. He does confess he feels himself distracted ; But from what cause he will by no means speak. Guil. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded; But, with a crafty madness, keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. Queen. Did he receive you well ? Ros. Most like a gentleman. Guil. But with much forcing of his disposition. Ros. Niggard of question ;2 but, of our demands, Most free in his reply. Queen. Did you assay him 3 To any pastime ? 1 Drift of circumstance.] Design of circumvention. 2 Niggard of question,« less