Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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SCENE IX.
Enter Hamlet.
Ham.
Now might I do it pat, now he is praying,
And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heav'n.
And so am I reveng'd? that would be scann'd.
A villain kills my father, and for that
5 note
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
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To heav'n. O, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
He took my father grosly, full of bread.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;
And how his audit stands, who knows, save heav'n?
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
'Tis heavy with him. Am I then reveng'd,
To take him in the purging of his soul,
When he is fit and season'd for his passage?
6 note
Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid Hent;
When he is drunk-asleep, or in his rage,
Or in th' incestuous pleasure of his bed,
At gaming, swearing, or about some act
That has no relish of salvation in't;
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heav'n;
And that his soul may be as damn'd and black
7 noteAs hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays;
This physick but prolongs thy sickly days.
[Exit.
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The King rises, and comes forward.
King.
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words, without thoughts, never to heaven go.
[Exit.
Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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