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... believed me . ' The theory , whether Polonius's or ours , that what is troubling Hamlet is Ophelia's unkindness can hardly explain this . If the gifts which she holds out to him seem at first to image her denial of love , they stay on ...
... believed me . ' The theory , whether Polonius's or ours , that what is troubling Hamlet is Ophelia's unkindness can hardly explain this . If the gifts which she holds out to him seem at first to image her denial of love , they stay on ...
Page 143
... believed him , and she must not . What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven ? Believe none of us . Go thy ways to a nunnery . · • • Far from valuing his love too little , she has valued it too well . So he not ...
... believed him , and she must not . What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven ? Believe none of us . Go thy ways to a nunnery . · • • Far from valuing his love too little , she has valued it too well . So he not ...
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