Merchant of Venice. As you like itPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... old wrinkles come . " So also , the author of Bussy d ' Ambois : " Not any wrinkle creaming in their faces ... copies , damn . The author's meaning is this : That some people are thought wise whilst they 1 they keep silence ; who ...
... old wrinkles come . " So also , the author of Bussy d ' Ambois : " Not any wrinkle creaming in their faces ... copies , damn . The author's meaning is this : That some people are thought wise whilst they 1 they keep silence ; who ...
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... old copies read , is that any thing now ? I suppose we should read , is that any thing new ? JOHNSON . The sense of the old reading is , -Does what he has just said amount to any thing , or mean any thing ? STEEVENS . Surely the reading ...
... old copies read , is that any thing now ? I suppose we should read , is that any thing new ? JOHNSON . The sense of the old reading is , -Does what he has just said amount to any thing , or mean any thing ? STEEVENS . Surely the reading ...
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... old copies always read spet , which spelling is followed by Milton : " the womb " Of Stygian darkness spets her thickest gloom . " STEEVENS . 455. A breed of barren metal of his friend ? ] A breed , that is , interest money bred from ...
... old copies always read spet , which spelling is followed by Milton : " the womb " Of Stygian darkness spets her thickest gloom . " STEEVENS . 455. A breed of barren metal of his friend ? ] A breed , that is , interest money bred from ...
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... old copies read - Enter the Clown alone ; and throughout the play this character is called the Clown at most of his en- STEEVENS . 57. -scorn running with thy heels : ] Launcelot trances or exits . was designed for a wag , but perhaps ...
... old copies read - Enter the Clown alone ; and throughout the play this character is called the Clown at most of his en- STEEVENS . 57. -scorn running with thy heels : ] Launcelot trances or exits . was designed for a wag , but perhaps ...
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... old copies . It may , however , mean , we have not as yet consulted on the subject of torch - bearers . Mr. Pope ... former scene he declares he will neither eat , drink , nor pray with Christians . Of this circumstance the poet ...
... old copies . It may , however , mean , we have not as yet consulted on the subject of torch - bearers . Mr. Pope ... former scene he declares he will neither eat , drink , nor pray with Christians . Of this circumstance the poet ...
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Ansaldo answer Anth Anthonio Atalanta Audrey bag-pipe Bass Bassanio bear Ben Jonson better bond brother casket catch-word Alphabet CELIA Christian chuse Clown daughter dear doth Duke Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fear folio fool forest forest of Arden fortune foul gentle Gesta Romanorum Giannetto give Gratiano hast hath hear heart HENLEY honour Jaques Jessica JOHNSON lady Laun Launcelot live lord Lorenzo lov'd MALONE marry master means Merchant of Venice mistress musick Nerissa never night old copies Oliver Orla Orlando passion peize Phebe play Portia pound of flesh pray quarto ring Rosalind Sala SCENE Shakspere shepherd shew Shylock SILVIUS soul speak STEEVENS swear sweet sweet Oliver tell thee thing thou art thousand ducats unto usury WARBURTON wife woman word young youth
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Page 33 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly : let me go with you ; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 109 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 35 - 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 42 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 47 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
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 27 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 73 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 111 - 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 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.