...thorough Self-esteem, however, will learn to stomach this dislike to serve their own ends, and to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning." They will generally, however, endeavour, if they can, to revenge themselves for this on their own inferiors,...

...not think I flatter : Pur what advancement ma; I liope from thee, That ii<> icv«uue h.ist, l.ui tli\ good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor Be flattered ? tiost thou hear ? Since my dear suul nas mistress of her choice, A»d could of men ilistin^ui-ih...

...their good wishes for the welfare of the cadi, departed from the scene of hospitality. CHAP. V. " Nay, do not think I flatter: For what advancement may I...spirits, To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor I'o flattered ? No, let the candied tongue lick Absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of The knee,—where...

...is a most dif ." " No hesitation, my friend," urged Peregrine ? " but out with it ? and say— Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I...hope from thee, That no revenue hast, but thy good spirit, To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?" " Your quotation is in point, I...

...proposal submitted by Senator Bayh (S. 1127) on historically identified command-influence problems. ... let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp And crook...knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Hamlet, Act III, Scene ii IN ADOPTING the Uniform Code of Military Justice 1 in 1950, the Congress...

...art e'en as just a man 50 As e'er my conversation coped withal. Horatio Oh my dear lord! Hamlet Nay, do not think I flatter, For what advancement may I...spirits To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered? 55 No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee...

...prides himself that he does not need to flatter anyone and that his compliments therefore are sincere: For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no...hast but thy good spirits To feed and clothe thee? (3.2.55-7) iut where does that leave Horatio? How sincere is he? He may be held to worship Hamlet,...

...rejection of the polite self-fashioning of the court ("I know not'seems'"), the sweet poison of etiquette ("No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee" [3.2.60-61]), and the orotund style of courtly diction, which he apes (5.2.112-23). Everything at Elsinore...

...real, not like the others who are always fanning compliments at each other. I add, almost jokingly: ... let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook...hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. What a mass of metaphor and analogies; hardly a word wasted - pure beef and no fat. I make a small...

...art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversat1on coped withal. HORATIO O, my dear lord, — HAMLET Nay, do not think I flatter, For what advancement may I...spirits To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee 60...