 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest > 3 PORTIA. It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: "Twill be recorded... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 pages
...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,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. 1 suit: prosecution, legal action 2 impugn: call into question 3 strain'd: diluted 4 seasons: mixes... | |
 | Cushman Kellogg Davis - 1999 - 306 pages
...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,...wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will. Par. It must not be ; there is no power hi Venice Can alter a decree established; 'Twill be recorded fora precedent;... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - 2000 - 254 pages
...contrast is dealt with in the exchange between Bassanio and 'Balthazar', in which Bassanio begs: Wrest once the law to your authority. To do a great right,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. (4.1.212-14) - and Portia, as Balthazar, replies: It must not be. There is no power in Venice Can alter... | |
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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,... 
