 | English language - 2003 - 1282 pages
...less (E. Wilson). the less, a something smaller (of two things compared): Thou . . . wouldst . . . teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less. That burn by day and night (Shakespeare) b he who is or they who are less, especially less important: The less is blessed of the... | |
 | A. L. Rowse - England - 2003 - 480 pages
...his : This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou takest from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, would'st...the less, That burn by day and night : and then I loved thee —which was what John Smith was doing, to the marvel of the savages in Virginia, a year... | |
 | Mark Tredinnick - American essays - 2003 - 280 pages
...by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me, and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't;...how the less, That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...initial step-father attitude towards the monster: When them cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't;...how the less, That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle. (i, ii, 332^7) As the two corporeal (in contrast... | |
 | Jonathan Goldberg - Drama - 2004 - 276 pages
...the close of his discussion in Pleasures: . . . When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'dst me, and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't;...how the less, That burn by day and night: and then I loved thee. (1.2.332-36, as cited in Pleasures, 117) Water with Berries also answers some of the questions... | |
 | Robert Sawyer - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 182 pages
...Shakespeare's Caliban acknowledges her role in his acquisition of language, admitting that he was taught "how / To name the bigger light, and how the less, / That burn by day and night" (lines 337-39), but concludes angrily, "You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is I know how... | |
 | Jonathan Goldberg - Drama - 262 pages
...Tempest that Lamming also quotes at the end of his discussion of the play: . . . When thou eamest first Thou strok'dst me, and mad'st much of me; wouldst...That burn by day and night; and then I lov'd thee . . . (1.2.332-36, as cited by Mannoni) He goes on to paraphrase it: "[A]nd then you abandoned me before... | |
 | Julia Reinhard Lupton - Religion - 2005 - 291 pages
...Which thou tak'stfrom me. When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me, wouldstgive me Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name...how the less, That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th'isle, The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place... | |
 | Julio Ortega - Latin American literature - 2006 - 236 pages
...by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'est from me. When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in't,...how the less, That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee. And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brune pits, barren place... | |
 | Naomi J. Miller, Naomi Yavneh - History - 2006 - 268 pages
...by Sycorax, my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou cam'st first Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't,...how the less That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee ... For I am all the subjects that you have, Which first was mine own king. (I, ii, 332-6,... | |
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em. Cal. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me, and mad'st much of me ; wouldst give me Water with berries in't ; and teach me how To name the bigger light,... 
