 Alas ! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed...  The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 355by William Shakespeare - 1883Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment... | |
 | Jacques Barzun - Music - 1984 - 288 pages
...light a passage of literature, say the scene in Shakespeare where Hamlet finds Yorick's skull and says: "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft . . ." etc. Clearly these words are not to inform us that Hamlet knew Yorick.... | |
 | Phoebe S. Spinrad - Civilization, Medieval, in literature - 1987 - 346 pages
...mixture of regret, fear, laughter, and disgust: Hamlet: Alas, poor Yorick! 3 1 knew him, Horatio—a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy....gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment... | |
 | Monk Ferris - Musicals - 1987 - 68 pages
...Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he has borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? HORATIO. Ah, sang he... | |
 | E. S. Shaffer - Drama - 1987 - 432 pages
...emphasize his horror at the contrast between two kinds of feelings, love and loathing: He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now - how abhorred...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. (vi179-82) Hamlet enacts the process through which the corruption and pollution... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your jibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...was, sir, Yorick's skull, the King's jester. HAMLET This? CLOWN 1 E'en that. HAMLET Let me see. [He takes the skull.] Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio:...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols, your songs, your flashes of 180 137... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick's skull, the King's jester. HAMLET. This? CLOWN. E'en that. HAMLET. Let me see. (Takes the skull.) Alas, poor Yorick!...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment... | |
 | Maynard Mack - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 300 pages
...the first instance, the mixture of profoundly imaginative feelings contained in Hamlet's epitaph for Yorick— I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite...gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...skull and holds it very delicately, awe-struck. FIRST GRAVEDIGGER is fascinated. HAMLET (continuing) Alas, poor Yorick I knew him, Horatio — a fellow...times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! Interior / PALACE Day (Flashback) Cut to: We see the mobile face of this classic clown. The instant... | |
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