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" My liege, and madam, — to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward... "
The Port Folio - Page 249
1809
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 490 pages
...[Exeunt Voltimand and Coinelius. Pol. This business is well ended My liege, and madam, to expostulatei What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...Mad call I it ; for, to define true madness, What is't, but to be nothing else but mad ? But let that go. Queen. More matter, with less art. I'ol. Madam,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...[Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate3 What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and tune. 3 My liege, and madam, to expostulate — ] To expostulate, for to enquire or discuss. WABBUKTON...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 486 pages
...have found The very cause of Hamlet's lunacy. King. O, speak of that, that 1 do long to hear. Pol. My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...: Mad call I it ; for to define true madness, What is't, but to be nothing else but mad ? But let that go. Queen. More matter, with less art. Pol. Madam,...
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The Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...feast together : Most welcome home 1 [Exeunt Voltimand and Cornelius. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate* What majesty...And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, — 1 will be brief: Your noble son is mad : Mad call I it ; for, to define true madness, What is't,...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...together : Most welcome home! [£rewít¿VoLTiMAND.fl«d CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate ** What majesty...Therefore, — since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousues.8 the limbs and outward fiourislKS,— IiviJI be brief: Your noble son is mad: Mad call...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...[Exeunt Voltimand and Cornelius Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate7 What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...Therefore, — since brevity is the soul of wit, And tedinusness the limbs and outward nourishes, — I will be brief: Your noble son is mad : Mad call...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...feast together : Most welcome home ! {Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate ' " What majesty...Mad call I it : for, to define true madness, What is't, but to be nothing else but mad : But let that go. 16 ie to inquire. ' Pnlnnias is a man bred...
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Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...[Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate 16 What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...Mad call I it : for, to define true madness, What is't, but to be nothing else but mad : But let that go. "' ie to inquire. ' Polonius is a man bred...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 4

English drama - 1826 - 508 pages
...found The very cause of Hamlet's lunacy. King, (c.) O, speak of that ; that do I long to hear. Pol. My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...day, and time. Therefore — since brevity is the aoul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes — I will be brief: your noble son is...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 25, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...[Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate l6 What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore,—since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousuess the limbs and outward flourishes,—...
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