...Claudius and his habits but by an unnamed and unspecified female body that corrupts man against his will: So, oft it chances in particular men That for some...not guilty (Since nature cannot choose his origin), . . . these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being Nature's livery or Fortune's star,...

...and taxed of other nations, They clip [call] us drunkards, and with Swinish phrase Soil our addition, and indeed it takes From our achievements, though...guilty, (Since nature cannot choose his origin) By their ore-grow'th of some complexion Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that...

...and by Jorstad (1988). But this was centuries after Shakespeare had given this precise description: 'So, oft it chances in particular men That for some...cannot choose his origin), By their o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens...

...either his father's situation or his own — decries "general" or popular judgments on "particular men": So, oft it chances in particular men That for some...cannot choose his origin), By their o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens...

...solicitors. 20. addition title added to a man's name to denote From our achievements, though performed at height, The pith and marrow of our attribute. So...them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty 25 (Since nature cannot choose his origin), By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down...

...with swinish phrase Soil our addition; and indeed it takes w From our achievements, though performed at height, The pith and marrow of our attribute. So,...them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, 25 Since nature cannot choose his origin, By their o'ergrow th of some complexion, Oft breaking down...

...verdict of the court. Then, in his discourse to Horatio and Marcellus on the sentry platform, comes So, oft it chances in particular men, That for some...not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin — A man is guiltless of his genetic heritage; but note the conclusion Shall in the general censure...

..."oft it chances in particular men," remarks Hamlet, listening to the carousing at the Danish court, That for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in...cannot choose his origin), By their o'ergrowth of some complexion Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason . . . (1.4.23 28) Hamlet, in contrast, praises...

...traduc'd and tax'd of other nations. They clepe us 'drunkards', and with swinish phrase Soil our addition; and indeed it takes From our achievements (though...not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin By the o'er-growth of some complexion, Unique Passages 253 Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason;...

...with swinish phrase Soil our addition; and, indeed, it takes From our achievements, though perform 'd at height, The pith and marrow of our attribute. So...guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin — By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason; Or by some habit,...