Ten'a-ble, capable of being held.
NOTES.--What make you from Wittenberg? i.e., what are you doing away from
Wittenberg?
Wittenberg is a university town in Saxony, where Hamlet and Horatio had
been schoolfellows.
Elsinore is a fortified town on one of the Danish islands, and was
formerly the seat of one of the royal castles. It is the scene of
Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
Hard upon; i.e., soon after.
Funeral baked meats. This has reference to the ancient custom of funeral
feasts.
My dearest foe; i.e., my greatest foe. A common use of the word "dearest"
in Shakespeare's time.
Or ever, i.e., before.
Season your admiration; i.e., restrain your wonder.
The dead vast; i.e., the dead void.
Armed at point; i.e., armed at all points.
Did address itself to motion; i.e., made a motion.
Give it an understanding, etc.; i.e., understand, but do not speak of it.
I will requite your loves, or, as we should say, I will repay your
friendship.
CX. DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG.
Charles Lamb (b. 1775, d. 1834) was born in London. He was educated at
Christ's Hospital, where he was a schoolfellow and intimate friend of
Coleridge. In 1792 he became a clerk in the India House, London, and in
1825 he retired from his clerkship on a pension of 441 Pounds. Lamb never
married, but devoted his life to the care of his sister Mary, who was at
times insane.
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