...till 'a fìnd it stopping a bunghole ? HORATIO 'Twere to consider too curiously to consider so. HAMLET No, faith, not a jot. But to follow him thither with...enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander dicd, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust; the dust is carth; of earth we make loam;...

...Hamlet No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it. Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why 195 of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead...

...of even Alexander's decomposed body: "Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and...loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel?"3 From Babylon to a bunghole, the trail of Alexander's remains allegedly passed through...

...215. favour: appearance. noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bunghole? 226 Hor. Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so. Ham, No,...follow him thither with modesty enough and likelihood 230 to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust...

...qualitatively even as they approached the deaths that would return them to it. As Hamlet explains to Horatio, "Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?" (5.1.208-12). But melancholy, as well as signaling the cold, dry retentive behavior of old age (retentiveness...

...he find it stopping a bung-hole? HORATIO. 'Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so. HAMLET. No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with...Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted,...

...he find it stopping a bung-hole? Horatio. 'Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so. Hamlet. No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with...Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam, whereto he was converted,...

...till 'a find it stopping a bung-hole? HORATIO 'Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so. HAMLET No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with...— Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returned! to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make 200 loam, and why of that loam whereto he was...

...in his riddling reduction of Alexander to a bunghole (using the figure tnetalepsis, Joseph, p. 159): 'Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...earth we make loam, and why of that loam whereto he has converted might they not stop a beer barrel?' To the purist this may all seem superfluous display,...

...and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and...was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? Hamlet, 5.1.196—205 Autopsy as Romance To consider Samuel Johnson's autopsy at all is to consider...