 | James Paycroft - 1862 - 578 pages
...tables, and cried, "Hear, hear;" and Teddy, holding up the cakeknife in true tragic style, said, — " Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand ? " Silence being restored, I stood at one of the desks and made a speech, saying, " How happy we were... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1862 - 312 pages
...and • cried, "Hear, hear;" and Teddy, holding up the cakeknife in true tragic style, said, — " Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand ?" Silence being restored, I stood at one of the desks and made a speech, saying, " How happy we were... | |
 | 1867 - 616 pages
...Whether 'tis nobler in the human mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or, — la this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand — Perdition catch my soul, But I do— know a hawk from a handsaw I Soft II did but dream. — By... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actors - 1870 - 708 pages
...On the stage, of course, he must never sit down, except when it is so indicated in the play. Fancy Hamlet sitting down comfortably while talking to the...Hamlet, or Romeo, or Richard the Third, or Forrest in \^QjGrladmtor or Jack Caglf. The frequent changes of dress made wliile the actor is off the stage,... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actors - 1870 - 738 pages
...Whether 'tis nobler in the human mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or, — Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand — Perdition catch my soul, But I do — know a hawk from a handsaw I Soft II did but dream.— By... | |
 | Olive Logan - Theater - 1871 - 650 pages
...On the stage, of course, he must never sit down, except when it is so indicated in the play. Fancy Hamlet sitting down comfortably while talking to the...either, for that matter,) any one will testify who Las seen Edwin Booth in Hamlet, or Romeo, or Richard the Third, or Forrest in the Gladiator or Jack... | |
 | Olive Logan - Theater - 1871 - 658 pages
..."Whether 'tis nobler in the human mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or, — Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand — Perdition catch my soul, But I do — know a hawk from a handsaw 1 Soft II did but dream. — By... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actresses - 1871 - 648 pages
...'tis nobler in the humnn mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or, — Is tli is a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand — Perdition cnU'h my soul, But I do — know a hawk from a handsaw 1 Soft 1 I did but dream. —... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1886 - 664 pages
...tous, et remarquez que je dis bis. Biere a vous, Monsieur MACBBT, due de Glamis ! The famous speech — Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand f Come, let me clutch thee ; &c., &c., runs quite glibly, thus — Est-ce que ceci est un poignard... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1889 - 654 pages
...(among others) he prints at page 151 of his January (1889) issue ? The argument he handles. — BACON. Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand 'I — SHAKESPEARE. YOUNG gentlemen on newspaper staffs, who cany the burden of knowledge for us, and... | |
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Hamlet sitting down comfortably while talking to the ghost of his father ; or Macbeth inquiring — " Is this a dagger that I see before me, The handle towards my hand ?" from amidst the soft cushions of a parlor sofa ! A great many male tragic parts... 
