I have heard, That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions ; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 273by William Shakespeare - 1823Full view - About this book
| 1866 - 632 pages
...Hamlet was right. " The play's the thing" with which to touch the conscience of a great many people. I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. One of the wildest of London legends is that having reference to " the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 188 pages
...heart with words, And fall a-cursing, like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon't! foh ! About, my brain ! I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I 'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle; I 'll observe... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 706 pages
...with words, And fall a cursing, like a very drab, A scullion ! Fye upon 't! foh! About, my brains! I have heard, That guilty creatures, sitting at a...presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murther, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I '11 have these players... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 506 pages
...words, 'And fall a cursing, like a very drab, 'A scullion! ' Fie upon 't ! foh ! About, my brains ! I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...'They have proclaim'd their malefactions ; •For murther, though it have no tongue, will speak •With most miraculous organ. I'll have these players... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 1022 pages
...pertinaciously these have treated Ihe folioof 1623 as of no authority Fye upon Ч ! fob! About, my brains! a curious tale in telling it murther, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I'll have these players Play... | |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Periodicals - 1870 - 560 pages
...out the expedient. Away with idle words and cursing like a scullion ! About my Irain! I have beard That guilty creatures sitting at a play, Have by the...Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaim' d their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous... | |
| John Wray Young - Acting - 1967 - 180 pages
...with words, And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon* t! foh! — About, my brain! I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. Til have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle; I'll observe... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...words, 570 And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon't; foh! About, my brains. Hum ... I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...Been struck so to the soul, that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions: For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous... | |
| Mary Beth Rose - Drama - 1992 - 256 pages
...spectators, he believes, in fact, that plays can elicit self-recognition, confession, even repentance: I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. (2.2.575-78) Although we should not necessarily assume that the character... | |
| Walter Albert Davis - American drama - 1994 - 316 pages
...I. Title. II. Series. PS350.D38 1994 812'.509353—dc20 93-38608 To Chris and Steve in abiding love I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions. —Hamlet Il.ii.588-92 A book must be an ice ax to break the sea frozen inside us. Claudius: What do... | |
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