 tis true : 'tis true, 'tis pity ; And pity 'tis, 'tis true : a foolish figure ; But farewel it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then: and now remains, That we find out the cause of this effect; Or, rather say, the cause of this defect ; For...  The Port Folio - Page 2491809Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1980 - 388 pages
...For, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad ? But let that go. QUEEN More matter, with less art. POLONIUS Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he's mad, 'tis true. 'Tis true, 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true - a foolish figure. But farewell... | |
 | Sam Bobrick - 1985 - 92 pages
...thought I was fairly cute. GERTRUDE. (Backing off from HAMLET in fright.) He's mad. Oh, my poor son. That he is mad, 'tis true, 'tis true; 'tis pity and pity 'tis, 'tis true. (GERTRUDE runs out of the room.) HAMLET. Gee, I hope I haven't upset Mom. (He sits down, dejected.)... | |
 | Monk Ferris - 1987 - 68 pages
...patiently) More matter, with less art. CLAUDIUS. Are you telling us Prince Hamlet is mad? POLONIUS. That he is mad, 'tis true; 'tis true 'tis pity; and pity 'tis 'tis true! CLAUDIUS. ( to GERTRUDE) Does that mean what I think it means? GERTRUDE. Whatever it means, get ready... | |
 | Bernard Marie Dupriez - 1991 - 572 pages
...mistake*). Rl: If several terms are involved, they may be repeated in a different order. Ex: POLONIUS: That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true. A foolish figure! Shakespeare, Hamlet, 2.2.97-8 390 R2: Repetition without purpose is usually judged to be careless.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...it, for to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go. QUEEN More matter, with less art. POLONIUS Madam, I swear I use...true, 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true. A foolish figure,38 But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then; and now remains 100 That... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...for, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go. QUEEN. More matter with less art. POLONIUS. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he's mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true— a foolish figure. But farewell... | |
 | Theodore E. Stebbins, Janet L. Comey, Martin Johnson Heade, Karen E. Quinn - 2000 - 408 pages
...4. Heade here quotes Polonius' speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet, where he says of Hamlet, "that he's mad. 'tis true, 'tis true 'tis pity, and pity 'tis, 'tis true 8 See Manthorne 1989. 9 Manthorne 1989, pp. 36-39, 187-88. 10 Ibid., p. 39, Frederick Edwin Church... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 212 pages
...for, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go. QUEEN More matter, with less art. POLONIUS Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he's mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity, 98 And pity 'tis 'tis true - a foolish figure. But farewell... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 304 pages
...nothing else but mad. But let that go. QM. More matter, with lesse Art. Pol. Madam, I sweare I vse no Art at all: That he is mad, 'tis true: 'Tis true 'tis pittie, And pittie it is true: A foolish figure, But farewell it: for I will vse no Art. Mad let vs... | |
 | K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 pages
...What is't but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go. Queen. More matter, with less art. 95 Pol. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he is mad, 'tis true 'tis pity, And pity ['tis 'tis] true. A foolish figure! But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let... | |
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