...stamp of' one defect ; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, — Their virtues else (be they iis pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo) Shall...corruption From that particular fault : The dram of bast Doth aii the noble substance of worth out, ' To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord,...

...they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin,) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion,5 Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason ;...The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout,4 To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of...

...here, And to the manner born, — it is a custom More honour'd in the breach, than the observance. This heavy-headed revel, east and west, Makes us traduc'd,...The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often clout, To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, ray lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of...

...here, And to the manner born, — it is a custom More honour'd in the breach, than the observance. This heavy-headed revel, east and west, Makes us traduc'd,...The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often doubt •*,. To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. ts Angels and ministers...

...comp'exion ', Cm breaking down the pales and torts of reason ; Or bysome habit, that too much o'er-lcavens in, Infects unseen. Confess yourself to heaven ; Repent what's past ; avoíd what of worth out ', To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers...

...blemish, the consequence Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo,)9 Shall in the general censure take corruption From...Doth all the noble substance often dout, To his own scandal.1 fortune at our birth, or some vicious habit accidentally acquired afterwards. Theobald, plausibly...

...bawdi. • JOHNSON, [3] The blustering upstart. JOHNSON. '. The pith and marrow of our attribute.3 So, oft it chances in particular men, That, for some...The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout,6 To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of...

...breach than in the obser24. DEBASEMENT. [vance. There are men Who carrying the stamp of one defect, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite...censure take corruption From that particular fault. 25. The dram of base . ' Doth all the noble substance of wovth out, To his own srandal. Vs- <fS> ij...

...down the pales and forts of reason ; Or by some habit, that too much o'er-leavens The form of plansive manners; — that these men, — • Carrying, I say,...as man may undergo), Shall, in the general censure, lake corruption From that particular fanlt- The dram of base Doth all the noble substance ofteu dout,...

...that these men Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, (Being Nature's lirery, or Fortune's scar,) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite...censure take corruption From that particular fault. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 7. • The critics seem not perfectly to comprehend the genius of Shakspeare. His...