 | William Shakespeare - 1900 - 142 pages
...^(Exit Polonius.) Oh, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow/ Whereto serves mercy, But to... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1900 - 544 pages
...HAMLET'S FATHER. " Oh, my offence is rank, It smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood ? Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Hamlet (Legendary character) - 1901 - 186 pages
...GUILDENSTERN.) KING. O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder. Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy But to... | |
 | George Riddle - Readers - 1902 - 648 pages
...action. King. O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy But to... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 478 pages
...From Shake-speare u O ! my offence is rank, it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal curse upon 't, A brother's murder! — Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 468 pages
...would repent [having committed a A brother's murder ! — Pray can I crime], but he knows not how." — Though inclination be as sharp as will; My stronger...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy, But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1906 - 252 pages
...it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. Pray can I not, t Though inclination be as sharp as will : My stronger...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy But to... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1052 pages
...3. The King. O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Ts there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves merer But to... | |
 | John Alexander Joyce - Shakespeare in fiction, drama, poetry, etc - 1904 - 362 pages
...soliloquy: "0, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal, eldest curse upon it — A brother's murder. Pray can I not, Though inclination...hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood? Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow ? Whereto serves mercy But to... | |
 | Keshub Chunder Sen - Brahma-samaj - 1904 - 460 pages
...the air : — O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven ; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder ! — Pray can I not, Though inclination...shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this accursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood '! Is there not rain enough in the sweet... | |
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A brother's murder. Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were... 
