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 Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark? 
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 Nature is fine in love : and where 'tis fine, 
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 GRAVE DIGGER'S SONG. 
 Act 5 Scene 1. 
 
 Goj, g-et thee to Yaug-hn,and fetch me a stoup of liquor. 
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HAMLET. 
 
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 HAMLET. 
 
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 HORATIO. 
 HAMLET. 
 
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 DIGGER. 
 
 Has this fellow no feeling* of his business, 
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 Custom hath it in him a property of easiness. 
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