The comedies of The Merchant of Venice, and As you like it, with the notes and illustr. of various commentators and remarks by the editor [A. Eccles] in two volumes |
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Page 11
... say , I am Sir Oracle , 4 And , when I ope my lips , let no dog bark 15 O , my Anthonio , I do know of those , That therefore only are reputed wise , For saying nothing ; who , I am very sure , If they should speak , would almost damn ...
... say , I am Sir Oracle , 4 And , when I ope my lips , let no dog bark 15 O , my Anthonio , I do know of those , That therefore only are reputed wise , For saying nothing ; who , I am very sure , If they should speak , would almost damn ...
Page 13
... say no more . ” Again , in Nashe's Epistle dedicatory to his Apologie of Pierce Pennilesse , 1593 : " I mean to trounce him after twenty in the hundred , and have a bout with him , with two " staves and a pike , for this geare ...
... say no more . ” Again , in Nashe's Epistle dedicatory to his Apologie of Pierce Pennilesse , 1593 : " I mean to trounce him after twenty in the hundred , and have a bout with him , with two " staves and a pike , for this geare ...
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... say to me what I should do , That in your knowledge may by me be do And I am prest unto it : 4 therefore , speak Bass . In Belmont is a lady richly left , 5 And she is fair , and , fairer than that wor Of wond'rous virtues ; sometimes ...
... say to me what I should do , That in your knowledge may by me be do And I am prest unto it : 4 therefore , speak Bass . In Belmont is a lady richly left , 5 And she is fair , and , fairer than that wor Of wond'rous virtues ; sometimes ...
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... say , How did he come by it ? MALONE . This observation may have respect to the well known consequence both of extraordinary anxiety and solicitude , the usual attendants upon great riches , and likewise of that luxury and intemperance ...
... say , How did he come by it ? MALONE . This observation may have respect to the well known consequence both of extraordinary anxiety and solicitude , the usual attendants upon great riches , and likewise of that luxury and intemperance ...
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... ( says old Mon- taigne ) I saw the prince of Salmona at Naples , manage a young , a rough , and fierce horse , and " shew all manner of horsemanship ; to hold testons or reals under his knees and toes , so fast as if they " had been ...
... ( says old Mon- taigne ) I saw the prince of Salmona at Naples , manage a young , a rough , and fierce horse , and " shew all manner of horsemanship ; to hold testons or reals under his knees and toes , so fast as if they " had been ...
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Page 14 - 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 32 - 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.
Page 10 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come ; And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Page 230 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 235 - Which is the hot condition of their blood; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music : Therefore, the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods ; Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature...
Page 144 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 204 - It must not be ; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established : 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 238 - So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king. Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.
Page 32 - 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 225 - In such a night, Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew : And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, As far as Belmont. Jes. And in such a night...