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" Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy. "
Littell's Living Age - Page 400
1849
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...fast. But note me, signior. Ant. Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain...smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy. Three thousand ducats;—'tis a good round sum. Three...
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Notes and Queries

1916 - 688 pages
...Antonio savs (Act I. iii. 98) :— Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain...smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Some have suggested the word " godly " instead of " goodly...
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The Wisdom & Wit of Rabbi Jesus

William E. Phipps - 1993 - 268 pages
...the Venice merchant with whom he is dealing, responds: "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain...smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart." A friend of Antonio echoes that insight: "In religion, what damned error but some sober brow will bless...
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Summoning: Ideas of the Covenant and Interpretive Theory

Ellen Spolsky - 1993 - 292 pages
...counter-interpretation articulates itself. Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain...smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O what a goodly outside falsehood hath! What can we learn about interpretation from Antonio? His response...
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Shakespearean Pragmatism: Market of His Time

Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 pages
...note me signior. ANTONIO: Mark you this Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose,— An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain...smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O what a goodly outside falsehood hath! SiiVLOCK: Three thousand ducats, 'tis a good round sum. (1.3.70-98)...
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Political and Social Essays

Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 pages
...of Venice i .3.92 97: "Mark you this Bassanio, / The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, — / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain...smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" on a crowd of questions, in direct opposition to the numerous...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...note me, signier . ANTONIO. Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain...smiling cheek; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! SHYLOCK. Three thousand ducats, — 'tis a good round sum....
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America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations

William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...iii, line 99, he wrote: Mark you this, Bassanio: The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain...with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart.30 In act IV, scene i, line 184, he wrote: The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth...
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Shakespeare Among the Moderns

Richard Halpern - 1997 - 308 pages
...fast. But note me, signior. Ant. Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain...smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! (1.3.94-102) Presenting a scission between surface and interior,...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...fawning publican he looks! 10391 The Merchant of Venice The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. c 10392 The Merchant of Venice You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog. And spit upon my lewish gabardine....
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