 But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours- my lord's. I give them with this ring...  Comedies - Page 427by William Shakespeare - 1867Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 192 pages
...But she may learn ; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all in that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to...now, This house, these servants, and this same myself 170 Are yours, my lord. I give them with this ring ; Which when you part from, lose, or give away,... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1862 - 1446 pages
...all in*) that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed." • VI. III., ii., 14, 20 „But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master...these servants, and this same myself, Are yours." Portia contrasts the immediate past with the present time. To the former period she refers by saying... | |
 | Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz, Gayle Greene, Carol Thomas Neely - Feminism and literature - 1980 - 364 pages
...says this lady who is about to astonish the Venetian courts, . the full sum of me Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractis'd; Happy in this, she...servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord. . . . (111.ii.155-71) "Thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, / Thy head, thy sovereign""Her lord, her governor,... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 244 pages
...marriage as if it were a business transaction, presenting herself as a piece of property with a new Myself, and what is mine, to you and yours Is now...these servants, and this same myself Are yours, - my lord's! - I give them with this ring, Which when you part from, lose, or give away, Let it presage... | |
 | Marilyn L. Williamson - Comedy - 1986 - 200 pages
...describes in detail what her husband has won in choosing the lead casket, which denies all profit: Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted:...these servants and this same myself Are yours, my lord's. . . . (3.2.168-73) Bassanio's response is to compare Portia to a great prince addressing a... | |
 | Anthony J. Lewis - Drama - 1992 - 258 pages
...of me Is sum of something; which, to term in gross, Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd, Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn;...these servants, and this same myself Are yours — my lord's! — I give them with this ring, Which when you part from, lose, or give away, Let it presage... | |
 | Camille Wells Slights - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 316 pages
...Bassanio. Portia must sacrifice her independence in order to marry. 'But now,' she reminds Bassanio, I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my...these servants, and this same myself Are yours - my lord's! (m.ii. 167-71) Portia gives up her independence happily, and happily gives all she has to Bassanio,... | |
 | John Gillies - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 312 pages
...usury, but not in the domestic context of Portia's donation of herself and her property to Bassanio: Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted....these servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord's. I give them with this ring. (3.2.166-71) The splendid clarity of this formal 'donation' contrasts... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 532 pages
...displease them. Lisa Jardine cannot accept the absolute gift of the self that Portia makes to Bassanio: Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted....these servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord's. I give them with this ring. . . . (3.2.149-72) For Jardine it is 'a financial balance sheet'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...sum of me Is sum of nothing; which, to term in gross, Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised: the nurse, And presently, all humbled, kiss pan from, lose, or give away, Let it presage the ruin of your love, And be my vantage to exclaim on... | |
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