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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1481 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1481
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:With an auspicious and a dropping eye, 1
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,
In equal scale weighing delight and dole.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
”One auspicious and one dropping eye” in Dyce, Singer, and Staunton. [back]