A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The merchant of Venice. 1888J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1892 "As editor of the "New Variorum" editions of Shakespeare—also called the "Furness Variorum"—he collected in a single source 300 years of references, antecedent works, influences and commentaries. He devoted more than forty years to the series, completing the annotation of sixteen plays. His son, Horace Howard Furness, Jr. (1865–1930), joined as co-editor of the Variorum's later volumes, and continued the project after the father's death, annotating three additional plays and revising two others."--Wikipedia |
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... : It may be inferred from the name of Gobbo , that Shakespeare designed this character to be represented with a hump back . ELZE ( Essays , p . 281 ) : Lancelot Gobbo the Clowne . Stephano , a Messenger . THE ACTORS NAMES xi.
... : It may be inferred from the name of Gobbo , that Shakespeare designed this character to be represented with a hump back . ELZE ( Essays , p . 281 ) : Lancelot Gobbo the Clowne . Stephano , a Messenger . THE ACTORS NAMES xi.
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... character in the Dramatis Persona , and has been followed therein by many an editor , even down to the conservative ... characters , he adopted Salerino as the name of one , and Solanio as the name of the I [ Enter Anthonio , Salarino ...
... character in the Dramatis Persona , and has been followed therein by many an editor , even down to the conservative ... characters , he adopted Salerino as the name of one , and Solanio as the name of the I [ Enter Anthonio , Salarino ...
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... character , even in subordinate parts , slight as it is , is in Shakespeare's manner , and is lost by the more equal alternation of the dialogue given by Steevens . ' DYCE , STAUN- TON , and DELIUS have followed Knight . The discussion ...
... character , even in subordinate parts , slight as it is , is in Shakespeare's manner , and is lost by the more equal alternation of the dialogue given by Steevens . ' DYCE , STAUN- TON , and DELIUS have followed Knight . The discussion ...
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... character that are needed , in the scene with Shylock , to give an air of consistency in the sealing to the bond . This melancholy , then , is , after all , a key - note of the play , but not as portending disasters or as preluding a ...
... character that are needed , in the scene with Shylock , to give an air of consistency in the sealing to the bond . This melancholy , then , is , after all , a key - note of the play , but not as portending disasters or as preluding a ...
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... character in the old farces ; from whence came the phrase , ' to play the fool . ' 90. With ] Here used causatively . 90. old ] HALLIWELL : Gratiano here means to refer to old age , which he desires may be reached with joy and laughter ...
... character in the old farces ; from whence came the phrase , ' to play the fool . ' 90. With ] Here used causatively . 90. old ] HALLIWELL : Gratiano here means to refer to old age , which he desires may be reached with joy and laughter ...
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ABBOTT actor ALLEN allusion Ansaldo Anthonio Antonio appears Baff Bassanio Bellario Belmont better bond BOOTH called CAPELL caskets character Christian CLARENDON Coll COLLIER Court daughter doth Dr Johnson dramatic ducats Duke Dyce ECCLES Edition English father fleſh Folio Gesta Romanorum Giannetto giue give gold Gratiano HALLIWELL hath haue heere Huds Ieffica instances Jessica Jew of Malta KARL ELZE Ktly lady Lancelet Launcelot Lord Lorenzo loue MALONE means Merchant of Venice mind moneyes Nerissa night Othello Padua passage phrase play poet Pope Pope+ Portia pound of flesh Prince Q₂ Quarto Rlfe Rowe et seq Rowe+ ſay says Scene seems sense Shakespeare ſhall ſhould Shylock speech STAUNTON Steev STEEVENS story thee Theob thou Tubal vnto vpon WALKER Warb word
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Page 62 - I had — but man is but a patched fool, if he will offer to say what methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor...
Page 252 - For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds, bellowing and neighing loud, 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...
Page 231 - I pray you, give me leave to go from hence; I am not well; send the deed after me, And I will sign it.
Page 366 - 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 361 - Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted: 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. I give them with this ring...
Page 350 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Page 360 - 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...
Page 403 - Shed thou no blood ; nor cut thou less, nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; if thou tak'st more, Or less, than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy good's are confiscate.
Page 135 - Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Page 428 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.