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" Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of [politic] worms* are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. "
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes original and selected ... - Page 286
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones. JC iii. 2. WORMS. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all...service ; two dishes, but to one table ; that's the end. H. iv. 3. A man may fish with a worm that eat of a king ; and eat of the fish that hath fed of that...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...tickle us, do we not laugh 1 if you poison us, do we not die ? 9 — iii. 1. 36. Equality of human life. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all...but variable service ; two dishes, but to one table ; that 's the end. 36— iv. 3. 37. Human life. Reason thus with life : A breath thou art, (Servile...
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The Text of Shakespeare Vindicated from the Interpolations and Corruptions ...

Samuel Weller Singer - 1853 - 342 pages
...the taste of the worms for the rich repast they were enjoying : — A certain convocation of pointed worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor...else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. " It is easy to suppose that ' politic,' a word with which the scribe was familiar, was misheard by...
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Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespere's Plays from Early ...

John Payne Collier - 1853 - 574 pages
...taste of the worms for the rich " diet " they were enjoying : — " A certain convocation of palated worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor...else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots." It is easy to suppose that "politic," a word with which the scribe was familiar, was misheard by him...
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Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays: From Early ...

John Payne Collier - 1853 - 552 pages
...the taste of the worms for the rich repast they were enjoying : — " A certain convocation ofpalated worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor...else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots." It is easy to suppose that " politic," a word with which the scribe was familiar, was misheard by him...
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The Illustrated Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 700 pages
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1854 - 480 pages
...politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all creatures rise, to fat us ; and we fat ourselves for maggots: Your...dishes, but to one table; that's the end. King. Alas, :ilas ! Ham. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king ; and eat of the fish that hath fed...
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The Stratford Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight, Volumes 17-22

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 824 pages
...At supper? Where? HAM. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor...but variable service ; two dishes but to one table; that 's the end. KING. Alas, alas! HAM. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king ; and...
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...At supper ? Where ? Ham. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor...but variable service ; two dishes, but to one table ; that 's the end. King. Alas, alas ! Ham. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king ; and...
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare, from the Original Text: Tragedies

William Shakespeare, Charles Knight - 1854 - 684 pages
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