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Hamlet Act V, Scene I; Hamlet
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.
A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath
borne me on his back a thousand times. And now
how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kiss'd I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? Quite chap- fall'n?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come. Make her laugh at that.