...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...

...habit, that too much o'er-leavens The form of plansive manners; — that these men, — • Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect; Being nature's livery,...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,...

...Denmark. Here, in the fourth scene of the first act, occurs a notable emendation of my great predecessors, The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout To his own scandal. So this passage is now given, instead of the original corrupt reading, ; . . ' The dram of eule Doth...

...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...

...habit, that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; — that theie men, — Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ; Being nature's livery,...noble substance often dout ', To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look, my lord, it comes ! Ham. Angels and ministers of grace defend us I—- Be thou...

...some habit, that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ;—that these men,— Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ; Being nature's livery,...as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo) 3 Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault: The dram of base Doth all...

...their birth, (wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin,) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and...defect ; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, b Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo,) c Shall in the general...

...that these men Carrying,! say, the stamp of one detect, (Being Nature's liveiy, or Fortune's scar,) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite...undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption For that particular fault. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 7. I return to my subject from a digression 1 cannot...

...some habit, that too much o'er-kavens The form of plausive manners; — that Лае men, — Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ; Being nature's livery,...fortune's star, — Their virtues else (be they as pure as gract. As infinite as man may undergo,) Shall in the general censure take corruptMQ From that particular...

...inebriety which Enobarbus, in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, calls the reels, SCENE IV. — page 68. HAMLET. The dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout, To his own scandal. The quarto, where, it seems, this passage is only found, reads: -'The dram of eale Doth all the substance...