The Comedy of the Merchant of VeniceAmerican book Company, 1893 - 103 pages |
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... bears him no good will . Dissembling his feelings , how- ever , Shylock offers to lend him three thousand ducats , with " no doit " of interest , but in " merry sport to take his bond , that , if the sum be not repaid on a certain day ...
... bears him no good will . Dissembling his feelings , how- ever , Shylock offers to lend him three thousand ducats , with " no doit " of interest , but in " merry sport to take his bond , that , if the sum be not repaid on a certain day ...
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... bears Antonio , which he explains with equal force of eloquence and reason . . . There is a strong , deep , and quick sense of justice mixed up with the gall and bitterness of his resentment . The constant apprehension of being burnt ...
... bears Antonio , which he explains with equal force of eloquence and reason . . . There is a strong , deep , and quick sense of justice mixed up with the gall and bitterness of his resentment . The constant apprehension of being burnt ...
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... bear in the trial scene . . . . Her intellectual powers , her elevated sense of religion , her high honorable principles , her best feelings as a woman , are all displayed . . . . A prominent feature in Portia's character is that ...
... bear in the trial scene . . . . Her intellectual powers , her elevated sense of religion , her high honorable principles , her best feelings as a woman , are all displayed . . . . A prominent feature in Portia's character is that ...
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... bear him . He hates our sacred nation , and he rails , Even there where merchants most do congregate , On me , my bargains , and my well - won thrift , Which he calls interest . Cursed be my tribe , If I forgive him ! Bassanio . Shylock ...
... bear him . He hates our sacred nation , and he rails , Even there where merchants most do congregate , On me , my bargains , and my well - won thrift , Which he calls interest . Cursed be my tribe , If I forgive him ! Bassanio . Shylock ...
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... bear , Yea , mock the lion when he roars for prey , To win thee , lady . But , alas the while ! If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man , the greater throw May turn by fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides ...
... bear , Yea , mock the lion when he roars for prey , To win thee , lady . But , alas the while ! If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man , the greater throw May turn by fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides ...
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argosies Arragon Bellario Belmont Black Monday blood bond casket choose chooseth Christian clerk Colchis cornets court Dardanian daughter deserves devil Dido doctor doth Duke Enter PORTIA Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fair ladies faith father fear fool forfeit forfeiture fortune Genoa gentle give gold grace Gratiano hast hath hazard hear heart heaven honor husband Jessica Jew's Jew's house judge justice lady Laomedon leave letter live look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo madam masque Master Launcelot Medea Merchant of Venice mercy merry never night oath Padua peize play PORTIA and NERISSA PORTIA'S House pound of flesh pray thee PRINCE OF MOROCCO Rhetoric ring Room in PORTIA'S Salarino and Salanio SCENE Servant Shakespeare shalt ships Shylock sola soul speak spirit Stephano swear sweet tell thou three thousand ducats to-night Tripolis Tubal unto wife word young
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Page 22 - 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 29 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest. Cursed be my tribe, If I forgive him ! Bass.
Page 32 - 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 84 - 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.
Page 21 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond ; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Page 90 - I pray you, give me leave to go from hence; I am not well; send the deed after me, And I will sign it.
Page 29 - 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 24 - You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are: And yet, for aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing...
Page 80 - Some men there are, love not a gaping pig ; Some, that are mad, if they behold a cat ; And others, when the bag-pipe sings i...
Page 32 - A cur can lend three thousand ducats ?" or Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this, — " Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last ; You spurn'd me such a day ; another time You call'd me dog ; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys ?