...his character: Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation cop'd withal . . . Nay, do not think I flatter; For what advancement may I...Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'hath seal'd thee...

...thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation 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...

...— [which you would hallow through all time] — 'or who has more severely stigmatised those "who crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning?"' [Granted, none better.] 'It is true he was not actuated by an envious hatred of greatness' — [so...

...(Here, sweet lord, at your service.) As e'er my conversation cop'd withal.// (O! my lord,—) Nay, do not think I flatter; For what advancement may I...but thy good spirits To feed and clothe thee?//... Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core,/ ay, in my heart...