... like the king". Horatio then questions the apparition "What are thou, that usurp'st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march" the ghost then disappears and leaves the men astonished at what ... what particular thought to work I know not;/ But, in the gross and scope of my opinion/ This bodes some strange eruption to our state. Then Marcellus asks why the state has been recently disrupted by warlike preparations ... a most emulate pride,/ Did forfeit, with his life, all those lands/ Which he stood seized of, ...

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... become so commonplace, that they seem to have been part of the very idiom of language. To this day, expressions such as 'too much of a good thing' (As You Like It), 'in my mind's eye' (Hamlet), 'it was Greek to me' (Julius Caesar), 'break the ice' (The Taming of the Shrew) and 'bated breath' (The Merchant of Venice) are used in everyday speech and writing. Shakespearean quotes ... to provide such consistent renderings in their works. Such detailed development in terms of plot and character has so far not been rivaled. Despite new advances, Shakespeare's colossal role in the progression ...

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