Hamlet
Act II, Scene 2·Page 97 / 268
POLONIUS. The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited. Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light, for the law of writ and the liberty. These are the only men.
HAMLET. O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!
POLONIUS. What treasure had he, my lord?
HAMLET. Why— ’One fair daughter, and no more, The which he loved passing well.’
POLONIUS. [_Aside._] Still on my daughter.
HAMLET. Am I not i’ th’ right, old Jephthah?