The Merchant of Venice, a comedy, altered [by R. Valpy] from Shakespeare, as it was acted at Reading school, Volume 246 |
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... honor guard , And wealth is ftrict integrity's reward . Hence learns commercial credit to command , By one flight touch of her etherial wand , More treasures than in Ocean's caverns lie , Or Earth's exhausted entrails can supply . 1 ...
... honor guard , And wealth is ftrict integrity's reward . Hence learns commercial credit to command , By one flight touch of her etherial wand , More treasures than in Ocean's caverns lie , Or Earth's exhausted entrails can supply . 1 ...
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... honor , be affur'd , My purse , my perfon , my extremeft means , Lie all unlock'd to your occafions . Bass . In my school - days , when I had loft one fhaft , I shot his fellow of the self - fame flight The self - fame way , with more ...
... honor , be affur'd , My purse , my perfon , my extremeft means , Lie all unlock'd to your occafions . Bass . In my school - days , when I had loft one fhaft , I shot his fellow of the self - fame flight The self - fame way , with more ...
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... honor Were purchas'd by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover , that ftand bare ? How many be commanded , that command ? And how much honor would then be Pick'd from the chaff and ruin of the times , To be new varnish'd ...
... honor Were purchas'd by the merit of the wearer ! How many then should cover , that ftand bare ? How many be commanded , that command ? And how much honor would then be Pick'd from the chaff and ruin of the times , To be new varnish'd ...
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... gentle lady , I wish you all the joy that you can wish ; For I am fure , you can wish none from me : And , when your honors mean to folemnize H The 1 The bargain of your faith , I do beseech you ACT III . SCENE II . 49.
... gentle lady , I wish you all the joy that you can wish ; For I am fure , you can wish none from me : And , when your honors mean to folemnize H The 1 The bargain of your faith , I do beseech you ACT III . SCENE II . 49.
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... Our feaft fhall be much honor'd in your marriage . Gra . But who comes here ? Lorenzo , and his infidel ? What , and my old Venetian friend , Salerio ? ? ... Enter 1 Enter LORENZO , JESSICA , and SALERIO . Bass 50 MERCHANT or VENICE .
... Our feaft fhall be much honor'd in your marriage . Gra . But who comes here ? Lorenzo , and his infidel ? What , and my old Venetian friend , Salerio ? ? ... Enter 1 Enter LORENZO , JESSICA , and SALERIO . Bass 50 MERCHANT or VENICE .
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anfwer Antonio Bass Baſſanio Bellario Belmont bleffing bond caſket Chriftian chufe court daughter defire devil doth Duke Enter SHYLOCK Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fair lady fame father feal feek ferve fhall fhould fhow fome forfeit fortune foul fpeak fpirit ftand fuch a night fuit fure fwear gainſt Genoa gentle Gobbo Gratiano hath hear heaven himſelf houfe houſe Jeffica JESSICA juſtice lady Laun Launcelot letter lofe lord Baffanio Lorenzo Madam mafter merchant Merchant of Venice mercy merry miſtreſs Moft moſt mufic muſt myſelf Neriffa Padua pleaſe Portia pound of fleſh pray thee prefent purpoſe reaſon Rialto Sala SALARINO Salerio ſay SCENE ſhall ſhip ſhow Signor SOLANIO ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtay tell thefe theſe thou art three thouſand ducats to-night Tripolis Tubal unleſs uſe Venice whofe wife
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Page 16 - If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest. Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him ! Bass.
Page 6 - 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 5 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 52 - O sweet Portia. Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words, That ever blotted paper ! Gentle lady, When I did first impart my love to you, I freely told you, all the wealth I had Ran in my veins, I was a gentleman...
Page 73 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 79 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 19 - 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 16 - Yes, to smell pork ; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. 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 19 - Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help : Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 16 - 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.