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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,... "
Much ado about nothing. The marchant of Venice. Love's labour lost. As you ... - Page 167
by William Shakespeare - 1747
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are ...

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...heart : If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest . //,./. And I can teach tbee, coz, to sham« the...telling truth ; Tell truth, and shame the devil. — Por. It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded...
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The Right of Search: As Between France, America, and Great Britain

Denis Creagh Moylan - 1843 - 56 pages
...GREAT BRITAIN. BY D. CREAGH MOYLAN, OF LINCOLN'S-INN, BARRISTER AT LAW. " A ml I beaeecH you. Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right,...little wrong ; And curb this cruel devil of his will." SHAKESPEARE. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: II. BUTTERWORTH, FLEET STREET. PRINTED BY JAMES & LUKE J. HANSARD,...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 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. Por. It must not be: there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'T will be recorded...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 47

1859 - 626 pages
...are those who cry for the obliteration of treaties and vengeance upon Austria : " 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." As Portia replied apparently in the interest of Shylock, Great Britain replies thus far in the interest...
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Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the ...

United States. Congress - 1964 - 260 pages
...quotation begins with one of the characters, Bassanlo, speaking as follows: And I beseech you wrest once the law to your authority; to do a great right, do a little wrong. But Portia, the heroine, answers: It must not be * * • twill be recorded for a precedent, and many...
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Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies

Keir Elam - 1984 - 360 pages
...of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there. Bass. . . . And / beseech you Wrest once the law to your authority, To do a great right,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. Por. It must not be, there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established. At this, Shylock,...
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Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process

Robert M. Cover - 1975 - 340 pages
...the order of law. PART II RULES, ROLES, AND REBELS: Nature's Place Disputed And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority; To do a great right, do a little wrong. It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established; T will be recorded for...
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Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi

Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai - 1993 - 302 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,...do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his wil1. (IV. i. 205-13) Iconographically, Truth's enemies are Envy and Fraud,12 and the 'malice' in Bassanio's...
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Law and Literature: Text and Theory

Lenora Ledwon - 1996 - 524 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. PORTIA: It must not be. There is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established. Twill be recorded...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

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...
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