 | P.G. Wodehouse - 2000 - 212 pages
...referring to the ghost of the father of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, sir. Addressing his son, he said, 1 could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow...hair to stand on end like quills upon the fretful porpentine.' " "That's right. Locks, of course, not socks. Odd that he should have said porpentine... | |
 | Wendy Wren - 2000 - 163 pages
...days of nature Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. YEAR 6 TERM t 98 But this eternal blazon must not be... | |
 | Alenka Zupančič - 2000 - 288 pages
...because of them are eloquent enough. He tells Hamlet that a description of only the least of his torments 'would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood;...hair to stand on end, like quills upon the fretful porpentine'. His wanderings between two worlds, the infernal dream which death brings him instead of... | |
 | Mary Thomas Crane - 2010 - 276 pages
...be on Hamlet if he were to describe to him the nature of purgatory. The story Would harrow up they soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like...particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fearfull porpentine. But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. (1.5.16-22) The... | |
 | Christopher Pye - 2000 - 220 pages
...just such impossible visibility. But that I am forbid I could unfold a tale whose lightest word Would Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,...particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fearful porpentine. (1.5.13-20) The combination of fragmentation— extruded eyes — and medusalike... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 356 pages
...A comparison between two things which the writer makes clear by using words such as 'like' or 'as': 'Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,...combined locks to part. And each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.' (Act 1 scene 5 line 18, page 49) Soliloquy: Spoken... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - 2000 - 768 pages
...the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word . . . [would make] . . . Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fearful porpentine." Shylock, however, is usually played in a long wig; it would be hard to make his... | |
 | William L. McBride - 2001 - 276 pages
...region. But this is just one small example of what is taking place. If I were to expand my examples, "I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would...hair to stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine,"24 as the Ghost put it. The tale of post-Communist Eastern Europe is accessible to everyone... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 pages
...this kind of results with your own tale of woe, and a good hot button? Make Their Hair Stand on End I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fearful porpentine [porcupine]. Ghost of Hamlet's father, Hamlet. 1, 5 A good spooky story is the staple... | |
 | Lawrence Schoen - 2001 - 240 pages
...mydaysofnature Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, 34 35 Hamlet jIHvo' ghopDu' tlteq. Horey'So ylra"eghchu'. pa' ylghoSQo'. Hamlet jach Sanwlj. 'ej porghwlj... | |
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But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And... 
