Merchant of VeniceGinn brothers, 1872 - 172 pages |
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Page 95
... unto thy praise : For silliest ignorance on these may light , Which , when it sounds at best , but echoes right ; Or blind affection , which doth ne'er advance The truth , but gropes , and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might ...
... unto thy praise : For silliest ignorance on these may light , Which , when it sounds at best , but echoes right ; Or blind affection , which doth ne'er advance The truth , but gropes , and urgeth all by chance ; Or crafty malice might ...
Page 104
... unto it : 28 therefore speak . Bass . In Belmont is a lady richly left ; And she is fair , and , fairer than that word , Of wondrous virtues : sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages . Her name is Portia ; nothing ...
... unto it : 28 therefore speak . Bass . In Belmont is a lady richly left ; And she is fair , and , fairer than that word , Of wondrous virtues : sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages . Her name is Portia ; nothing ...
Page 113
... unto this bond . Shy . Then meet me forthwith at the notary's : Give him direction for this merry bond , And I will go and purse the ducats straight ; See to my house , left in the fearful guard 18 Of an unthrifty knave , and presently ...
... unto this bond . Shy . Then meet me forthwith at the notary's : Give him direction for this merry bond , And I will go and purse the ducats straight ; See to my house , left in the fearful guard 18 Of an unthrifty knave , and presently ...
Page 114
... unto my chance . 3 She means that reason and judgment have a voice potential in her mat- rimonial thoughts . Nice has somewhat the sense of fanciful here . 66 4 A " History of the Wars between the Turks and Persians , " translated from ...
... unto my chance . 3 She means that reason and judgment have a voice potential in her mat- rimonial thoughts . Nice has somewhat the sense of fanciful here . 66 4 A " History of the Wars between the Turks and Persians , " translated from ...
Page 118
... unto you , - Gob . I have here a dish of doves 15 that I would bestow upon your worship ; and my suit is , - Laun . In very brief , the suit is impertinent to myself , as your worship shall know by this honest old man ; and , though I ...
... unto you , - Gob . I have here a dish of doves 15 that I would bestow upon your worship ; and my suit is , - Laun . In very brief , the suit is impertinent to myself , as your worship shall know by this honest old man ; and , though I ...
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Bass Bellario Belmont Ben Jonson better bond casket Chiromancy choose chooseth Christian daughter Devil dost doth Duke Exeunt Exit eyes fair fair lady father fear flesh folio fool forfeit fortune Francis Meres gentle give gold grace Gratiano hath hear heart Heaven honour husband Jess Jessica Jew's judge judgment Julius Cæsar justice King Lear lady Laun look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo Madam married means Merchant of Venice mercy merry mind MUSIC READER Nerissa never night oath old copies peize play Poet Poet's Portia PORTIA'S House pray thee Prince printed quarto Rialto Richard Burbage Richard III ring Room in PORTIA'S SALARINO scene sense Servant Shakespeare shalt Shylock sola Solanio soul speak Stratford swear sweet tell thing three thousand ducats Tubal Twelfth Night unto wife Winter's Tale word
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Page 99 - In sooth, I know not why I am so sad : It wearies me ; you say it wearies you ; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn ; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me. That I have much ado to know myself.
Page 90 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Page 109 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 96 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time...
Page 112 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Page 103 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 141 - You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand, Such as I am: though for myself alone I would not be ambitious in my wish To wish myself much better, yet for you I would be trebled twenty times myself, A thousand times more fair, ten thousand times More rich; That only to stand high in your account, I might in virtues, beauties, livings, friends, Exceed account.
Page 157 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 156 - When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea; Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there. SHY. My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of my bond.
Page 95 - To draw no envy (Shakespeare) on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book, and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither man, nor muse, can praise too much...