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... Portia , who Statute law of Venice the Act of Legislature might be against him - but JUSTICE would have declared ... Portia . - Soft ; Here is the money . The Jew shall have all justice ; -soft ! -no haste ; - He shall have nothing but ...
... Portia , who Statute law of Venice the Act of Legislature might be against him - but JUSTICE would have declared ... Portia . - Soft ; Here is the money . The Jew shall have all justice ; -soft ! -no haste ; - He shall have nothing but ...
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... Portia . - Why doth the Jew pause ? take thy forfeiture . Shylock . Give me my principal , and let me go . Bassanio . I have it ready for thee ; here it is . Portia . He hath refus'd it in the open court ; He shall have merely justice ...
... Portia . - Why doth the Jew pause ? take thy forfeiture . Shylock . Give me my principal , and let me go . Bassanio . I have it ready for thee ; here it is . Portia . He hath refus'd it in the open court ; He shall have merely justice ...
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... Portia . - Ay , for the state ; not for Antonio . Shylock . - Nay , take my life and all , pardon not that ; You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain house ; you take When my my life , you do take the means ...
... Portia . - Ay , for the state ; not for Antonio . Shylock . - Nay , take my life and all , pardon not that ; You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain house ; you take When my my life , you do take the means ...
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... Portia the Judge - who finding the other offers had been de- clined , tries if trebling the sum will tempt the Jew , whom she afterwards endeavours to persuade to take the sum which the Judge , and the Judge alone has pronounced to be ...
... Portia the Judge - who finding the other offers had been de- clined , tries if trebling the sum will tempt the Jew , whom she afterwards endeavours to persuade to take the sum which the Judge , and the Judge alone has pronounced to be ...
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Page 44 - 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 13 - And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help: Go to, then; you come to me, and you say "Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 41 - 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, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there. SHYLOCK. My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, The...
Page 13 - 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 35 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 9 - 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 27 - To bait fish withal : if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me of half a million ; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies ; and what's his reason ? I am a Jew : Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Page 41 - 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 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.
Page 34 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about* you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids...
Page 6 - Hath not a Jew eyes ? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions ? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is ? If you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge 1 if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.