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  • 11Yorick — a former court jester (= a man employed to amuse the king in the Middle Ages) whose skull is found by the men digging Ophelia’s grave in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Hamlet picks up the skull and makes a famous speech, which begins: Alas, poor… …

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  • 12Yorick — Yor|ick a character in the play ↑Hamlet by William Shakespeare. He was once the king s ↑jester (=someone whose job was to entertain the King and make him laugh) but is now dead. Hamlet finds his ↑skull and says Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him,… …

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  • 13alas — 1. interjection /əˈlas/ Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief. 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… …

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  • 14Poor Jorick! молвил он уныло{,} — Он на руках меня держал. А.С. Пушкин. Евг. Онег. 2, 37. Ленский у могилы Ларина. Ср. Alas, poor Yorick! (Восклицание Гамлета над черепом шута.) Shakesp. Hamlet. 5, 1. Hamlet. Ср. Sterne. Tristram Shandy. 2, 12. См. держать на руках …

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  • 16References to Hamlet — Numerous references to Hamlet in popular culture (in film, literature, arts, etc.) reflect the continued influence of this play, which is probably the most popular of Shakespeare s plays, judging by the number of productions. [It tops the list at …

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  • 17List of misquotations — A famous misquotation is a well known phrase attributed to someone who either did not actually say it in that form of words, or did not say it at all. It may not be known how these phrases came about, but when possible, their type of origin is… …

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  • 19Nail (album) — Nail Studio album by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel Released October 1985 Recorded Livingston, Paradise, and Wave Studio …

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  • 20Mary Ellen Carroll — Nationality American Field Conceptual art, installation art, performance art Works Federal, prototype 180, Doppelganger Tapes …

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