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Hamlet<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Act V, Scene ii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hamlet \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Gideon Rappaport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here\u00a0to open up a First Folio version<\/a> in a new window to compare texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You\u00a0will\u00a0lose,\u00a0my\u00a0lord.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. I\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0think\u00a0so.\u00a0Since\u00a0he\u00a0went\u00a0into\u00a0France,\u00a0I<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. have\u00a0been\u00a0in\u00a0continual\u00a0practice.\u00a0I\u00a0shall\u00a0win\u00a0at\u00a0the<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. odds;\u00a0\u27e8but\u27e9\u00a0thou\u00a0wouldst\u00a0not\u00a0think\u00a0how\u00a0ill\u00a0all\u2019s\u00a0here<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. about\u00a0my\u00a0heart.\u00a0But\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0no\u00a0matter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Nay,\u00a0good\u00a0my\u00a0lord\u2014<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        1. It\u00a0is\u00a0but\u00a0foolery,\u00a0but\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0such\u00a0a\u00a0kind\u00a0of<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. \u27e8gaingiving\u27e9\u00a0as\u00a0would\u00a0perhaps\u00a0trouble\u00a0a\u00a0woman.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. If\u00a0your\u00a0mind\u00a0dislike\u00a0anything,\u00a0obey\u00a0it.\u00a0I\u00a0will<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. forestall\u00a0their\u00a0repair\u00a0hither\u00a0and\u00a0say\u00a0you\u00a0are\u00a0not\u00a0fit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            1. Not\u00a0a\u00a0whit.\u00a0We\u00a0defy\u00a0augury.\u00a0There\u00a0is\u00a0\u27e8a\u27e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. special\u00a0providence\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0fall\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0sparrow.\u00a0If\u00a0it\u00a0be<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. \u27e8now,\u27e9\u00a0\u2019tis\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0come;\u00a0if\u00a0it\u00a0be\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0come,\u00a0it\u00a0will\u00a0be<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. now;\u00a0if\u00a0it\u00a0be\u00a0not\u00a0now,\u00a0yet\u00a0it\u00a0\u27e8will\u27e9\u00a0come.\u00a0The<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. readiness\u00a0is\u00a0all.\u00a0Since\u00a0no\u00a0man\u00a0of\u00a0aught\u00a0he\u00a0leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. knows,\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0\u2019t\u00a0to\u00a0leave\u00a0betimes?\u00a0Let\u00a0be.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Hamlet\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Act V, Scene ii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hamlet \u00a0 This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Gideon Rappaport. Click here\u00a0to open up a First Folio version in a new window to compare texts. 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