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" Madam, I swear, I use no art at all. That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true, 'tis pity; And pity 'tis, 'tis true: a foolish figure ; But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then : and now remains, That we find out the cause of this... "
The New British Theatre: A Selection of Original Dramas, Not Yet Acted - Page 267
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Hamlet: The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 304 pages
...The grammatical circuitry of Polonius' s famously 'foolish figure', for example, in the same scene - 'That he is mad, 'tis true; 'tis true 'tis pity, | And pity 'tis 'tis true' (Q2 modernized) - seems to have defeated the Folio's Compositor B into a wrong-headed, barely grammatical...
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Philosophical and Theological Opinions

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2001 - 552 pages
...mad ! But let that go. QUEEN. More matter with less art. POL. Madam, I swsar, I use no art at all. That he is mad, 'tis true : 'tis true, 'tis pity : And pity 'tis, 'tis true : a foolish figure ; But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then : and now remains...
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Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human Soul

Jan H. Blits - 2001 - 420 pages
...denial that he uses rhetoric, he concludes his exordium by avowing: Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he is mad 'tis true; 'tis true 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true. A foolish figure — But farewell it, for I will use no art. (2.2.96-99) Polonius's denial is perhaps...
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'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship and John Ford's Funerall ...

Brian Vickers - 2002 - 600 pages
...of 'WS' are not much greater than those of that pompous and inefficient speaker, Polonius: That he's mad, 'tis true, 'tis true, 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true a foolish figure But farewell it, for I will use no art. (Ham., 2.2-97 -9) (Polonius blames his tools,...
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細說莎士比亞論文集: a collection of essays

彭鏡禧 - 2004 - 504 pages
...but mad? But let that go. Queen.More matter with less art. Pol. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he is mad 'tis true; 'tis true 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true. A foolish figureBut farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then. And now remains...
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The Great Comedies and Tragedies

William Shakespeare - 2005 - 900 pages
...mad? But let that go. QUEEN More matter, with less art. POLONIUS Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he is mad 'tis true, 'tis true, 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true - a foolish figure, But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then, and now remains...
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