The Law in ShakespeareThis work consists of definitions obtained from existing law dictionaries illustrated with annotations and, most important, by hundreds of quotations from Shakespeare's 37 plays, poems & sonnets. |
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... writer ( excepting , of course , the jurists ) is incontestable . The work of winter evenings , commenced long ago , as an incident to habitual study of the works of him " who converted the elements which awaited at his command into ...
... writer ( excepting , of course , the jurists ) is incontestable . The work of winter evenings , commenced long ago , as an incident to habitual study of the works of him " who converted the elements which awaited at his command into ...
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... writers unlearned in the law , Shakespeare appears in perfect possession of it . In the law of real property , its rules of tenure and de- scents , its entails , its fines and recoveries , and their vouchers and double vouchers ; in the ...
... writers unlearned in the law , Shakespeare appears in perfect possession of it . In the law of real property , its rules of tenure and de- scents , its entails , its fines and recoveries , and their vouchers and double vouchers ; in the ...
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... writer such a task of correction and amplification would never have been attempted . By one who was learned in the subject , and who either delighted in it or had the tendency of prac- tice in its employment , it was inevitable that ...
... writer such a task of correction and amplification would never have been attempted . By one who was learned in the subject , and who either delighted in it or had the tendency of prac- tice in its employment , it was inevitable that ...
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... writer was learned in the law . The most persuasive argument concerning the authorship of the letters of Junius is the familiarity which they display with the routine of the war office , in which Francis was employed . Chatterton hoaxed ...
... writer was learned in the law . The most persuasive argument concerning the authorship of the letters of Junius is the familiarity which they display with the routine of the war office , in which Francis was employed . Chatterton hoaxed ...
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... writer on the law of evidence : " In estimating the force of a number of circum- stances tending to the proof of the disputed fact , it is of essential importance to consider whether they be dependent or independent . If the facts A , B ...
... writer on the law of evidence : " In estimating the force of a number of circum- stances tending to the proof of the disputed fact , it is of essential importance to consider whether they be dependent or independent . If the facts A , B ...
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accused action of battery answer Antonio appear arrest attainder Bacon Bass bond Bouv Cade Cæsar called cause charge claim Comm commission committed common court crown Cymbeline death deed Dogb dost doth drown Duke England father fee-simple felony forfeit give guilty Hamlet hand hath hear heir Henry VI Henry VIII honour husband judge judgment justice king's lady lands lawyer Lear learned letters-patent Litt lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth marg marriage Marry Master constable Measure for Measure ment Merchant of Venice mercy oath offender officer person plea Quarto queen Rape of Lucrece recovery Richard Richard II Romeo and Juliet Salique Scene seal Shakespeare Shylock slander Sonnet stand statute suit tell tenant tender thee things thou hast tion Titus Andronicus Tomlin's Law Dict treason trial unto Venice Winter's Tale witness word writ writing
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Page 76 - Alas! alas! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made 4.
Page 100 - The slaves are ours : So do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, Is dearly bought, is mine, and I will have it: If you deny me, fie upon your law ! There is no force in the decrees of Venice : I stand for judgment : answer ; shall I have it ? Duke.
Page 193 - The first thing we do, let's kill all the ' lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man...
Page 107 - Tarry a little ; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are ' a pound of flesh : ' Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 230 - tis his will : Let but the Commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; VTea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 137 - But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 103 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway, — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's 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 ; VOL. II. X And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 75 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 103 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this...
Page 77 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.