 Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 529by William Shakespeare - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 pages
...dramatic or didactic forms. Thus Hamlet to Guildenstern: Will you play upon this pipe? . . . Whv, look vou now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would...you would sound me from my lowest note to the top ot my compass; and there is much musie, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...GUILDENSTERN. But these cannot I command to any utt'rance of harmony; I have not the skill. HAMLET. Why look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will,... | |
 | Robert E. Wood - 1994 - 188 pages
...with your fingers and thumbs." Another denial of skill precedes the lesson that concludes the prank. Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and mere is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'S blood,... | |
 | Richard Courtney - 1995 - 274 pages
...recorders. Hamlet politely begs Guildenstern to play one. When he cannot, Hamlet issues a sharp warning: Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice, in this little organ. Yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will,... | |
 | 1996 - 264 pages
...an inch away from GUILDENSTERN's ear. HORATIO watches for any move from ROSENCRANTZ to help. HAMLET Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak HAMLET (continuing) 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 132 pages
...net, snare. GUIL. But these cannot I command to any utt' ranee of harmony. I have not the skill. «o HAM. Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make...excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you ??s make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. When Guildenstern protests that he cannot play the pipe, Hamlet rages: You would play upon me; you would seem to know my...voice, in this little organ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? (3.2.383-90) According to the... | |
 | Richard Halpern - 1997 - 308 pages
...useful."50 The allusion, of course, is to Hamlet's famous description of himself as a musical pipe: Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be play'd on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will,... | |
 | Michael Gelven - 1997 - 188 pages
...to play the pipe on which he possesses no skill. Hamlet upbraids him with this keen-edged analogy: Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice, in this little organ; yet cannot you make it speak? S*blood, do you think that I am easier to be played on than a pipe? The outraged censure here... | |
 | Moses Mendelssohn - 1997 - 370 pages
...Guildenstern. But these cannot I command to any utterance of harmony; I have not the skill. Hamlet. Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of...voice in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will,... | |
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