...raised a sigh so piteous and profound, As it did seem to shatter all his bulk 1 Polonius (M-lb-e~). My liege and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward nourishes, I will be Mff!—' Madam, I swear I use no art at all: Thus it remains, and the remainder...

...[Exeunt Voltimand and Cornelius. Po. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate l What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward florisliea, — SCENE II. PRINCE OF DENMARK. I will be brief. Your noble son is mad : Mad call I it...

...none only but parrots. Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Scene 5. BREVITY THE SOUL OF WIT. Polonius. . . . Brevity is the soul of wit; And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes. Hamlet. Act ii. Scene 2. " How every fool can play upon a word!" says Shakspere: and was himself, of...

...[Exeunt Voltimand and Cornelius. Po. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate l What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day,...soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward florishes,— I will be brief. Your noble son is mad : Mad call I it ; for, to define true madness,...

...feast together : Most welcome home. [Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam ; to expostulate What majesty...but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore, since brevity5 is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. Your...

...feast together : Most welcome home. [Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS. Pol. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam ; to expostulate What majesty...but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore, since brevity5 is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. Your...

...together : Most welcome home ! [Exeunt VOLTtMAND and CORNELlUS. Pol. This business is well ended. — My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Wby day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore,...

...feast together. Most welcome home ! [Exeunt Voltimand and Cornelius. Po. This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate » What majesty...soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward florishei), — I will be brief. Your noble son is mad : Mad call I it ; for, to define true madness,...

...readings which the editors of the folio had other reasons for knowing to be genuine. II. 2. POLONIUS. My liege and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste day, night, and time. This is an admirable ridicule of the tedious exordiums which we sometimes find...

...standard on his ramparts play." 55 1779.] CHAPTER XXI. Operations against the Indians. - Since brevity ia the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief." THE period had now arrived to chastise the Indians for the fiendish outrages they had committed. General...