Hamlet, Prince of Denmark • Paragraph 170
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I am perswaded, that our Author was pleas'd to have an Opportunity of raising a Laugh now and then, which he does in several Passages of _Hamlet's_ satirical Reflections on Women; but I have the same Objections to this Part of the Prince's Madness, that I have before mentioned, viz. that it wants Dignity. _Ophelia's_ melancholy Reflections upon _Hamlet's_ having lost his Sovereignty of Reason, is natural and very beautiful. As to the King's sending him to _England_, See Mr. _Theobald's_ Note. I purposely omit taking Notice of the famous Speech, _To be, or not to be_, &c. every _English_ Reader knows its Beauties.