The Merchant of VeniceThe University Press, 1931 - 200 pages |
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... speak upon the rack , Where men enforced do speak any thing . Bassanio . Promise me life , and I'll confess the truth . Portia . Well then , confess and live . Bassanio . Had been the very sum of Confess and love my confession : O happy ...
... speak upon the rack , Where men enforced do speak any thing . Bassanio . Promise me life , and I'll confess the truth . Portia . Well then , confess and live . Bassanio . Had been the very sum of Confess and love my confession : O happy ...
Page 50
... speak . Shy . I'll have my bond ; I will not hear thee speak : I'll have my bond ; and therefore speak no more . I'll not be made a soft and dull - eyed fool , 15 To shake the head , relent , and sigh , and yield To Christian ...
... speak . Shy . I'll have my bond ; I will not hear thee speak : I'll have my bond ; and therefore speak no more . I'll not be made a soft and dull - eyed fool , 15 To shake the head , relent , and sigh , and yield To Christian ...
Page 193
... speak , and tells his story through their mouths : he is not like a historian who writes the story in his own words . The English of a play which is meant to be spoken must not be judged by the same standard as the English of a History ...
... speak , and tells his story through their mouths : he is not like a historian who writes the story in his own words . The English of a play which is meant to be spoken must not be judged by the same standard as the English of a History ...
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affection Antonio appear Bassanio beauty Belmont bond called casket character Christian comes common Compare course court doubt ducats Duke editors Elizabethan English Enter especially expression eyes fair father feeling flesh Folio fortune give gold Gratiano hand hath head hear heart hence Henry idea illustration Italy Jessica judge kind King lady later Launcelot letter literally live look lord Lorenzo Lost master means meant Merchant of Venice mind naturally Nerissa never once original passage perhaps phrase play Portia pound pray present probably reference rhyme ring SCENE seems sense Shakespeare ship Shylock soul speak speech stand story syllable tell thee thing thou thought true turn Venice verse young