 11 begin it, — Ding, dong, bell. All. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the...  A New-England Tale; Or, Sketches of New-England Character and Manners - Page 112by Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1995 - 208 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Lisa Freinkel - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 420 pages
...appearance might be stripped away- it is a promise necessarily foreclosed. "In Law, what Plea so tanted and corrupt / But being season'd with a gracious voice, / Obscures the show of euill?" The image, as many readers have noted, is a crucial one, given the various traps laid by the... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Fiction - 2003 - 228 pages
...poor soul! I would not judge her uncharitably; but I do believe she has the 'hope that will perish.'12 I just took no notice of her, and came away. As I...gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? MERCHANT OF VENICE1 Jane entered upon the duties of her new vocation with more energy and interest than could have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2003 - 242 pages
...it - Ding, dong, belL ALL Ding, dong, bell. BASSANIO So may the outward shows be least themselves. The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error but some... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Jews - 2003 - 156 pages
...it - ding, dong, bell. ALL Ding, dong, bell. BASSANIO So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, 75 But being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error... | |
 | S. P. Cerasano - Drama - 2004 - 228 pages
...stronger with gazing, but it has a short life. BASSANIO So may the outward shows be least themselves.16 The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt 75 But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error... | |
 | O. Hood Phillips - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 240 pages
...the sound of a lawyer's voice? Bassanio, in his speech on ornament in the casket scene, asks mildly: In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? (The Merchant of Venice, HI. 2) 1 WS Herrington, 'The Legal Lore of Shakespeare', (rgzj) 3 Canadian... | |
 | Syd Pritchard - Golf - 2005 - 149 pages
...than thou knowest And thou shah have more Than two tens to a score. [King Lear I iv 117] Honeyed words In law what plea so tainted and corrupt But being...season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil. [The Merchant of Venice III ii 73] Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his... | |
 | George Ian Duthie - Art - 2005 - 216 pages
...as Bassanio would not have chosen the leaden casket. Let us consider his soliloquy while choosing: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, .^ But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some... | |
 | Jill Line - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 196 pages
...outward appearances: So may the outward shows be least themselves, — The world is still deceiv'd by ornament — In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt,...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea: the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Dramatists, English - 2007 - 1288 pages
...— Ding, dong, belL All. Ding, dong, belL BASSANIO. So may the outward shows be least themselves: ERMIA. So is season 'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some... | |
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