...muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing ; no, not for a lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs ? Who does me this ? Ha ! 'Swounds! I should take it; for...

...-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams *, unpregnant of my cause ', And can say nothing ; no, not for a king, Upon whose property, and most dear life, A damn'd...defeat was made *. Am I a coward ? Who calls me villain 1 breaks my pate across ? Plucks off my heard, and blows it in my face ? Tweaks me by the nose ? gives...

...muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John a-dreams,-unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property, and most dear life, A damn'd...it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie ith throat, As deep as to the lungs? Who does me this? Ha! Why, I should take it: for it cannot.be,...

...cause, And can say nothing ; no, not' for a king, Upon whose property, and most dear life, A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain...in my face ? Tweaks me by the nose ? gives me the lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs? 'Who does me this? Ha! Why, I should take it; for it cannot...

...my cause. And can say nothing ; no, not, for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward ? Who calls me villain...in my face ? Tweaks me by the nose ? gives me the lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs ? Who does me this ? Ha! Why, I should take it ; for it...

...that body-part. Eventually you will drop the external illustration and retain an internal condition. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain, breaks my pate...it in my face, Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i' th' throat As deep as to the lungs — who does me this? Ha! Hamlet's consciousness of these...

...my cause, And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain,...off my beard and blows it in my face, Tweaks me by th'nose, gives me the lie i'th'throat As deep as to the lungs — who does me this, Ha? 'Swounds, I...

...cannot be taken easily, it is loaded with emotion — Booth's voice faltered: his dead father — a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damn'd...was made. Am I a coward? . . . Who calls me villain? The short, sharp protesting questions accumulate in tempo and passion, giving Hamlet no rest. Booth,...

...a passage that glances at Nashe's rejection of feminine patience as just another version of sloth: Am I a coward? Who calls me villain, breaks my pate...it in my face, Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i' th' throat As deep as to the lungs — who does me this? Ha! 'Swounds, I should take it: for...

...inner "self" to exploring its outer consequences (running through a discursive portrait of cowardice): Am I a coward? Who calls me villain, breaks my pate...across, Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face, lweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th' throat As deep as to the lungs—who does me this? Ha!...