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" Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. "
The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr ... - Page 434
by William Shakespeare - 1797
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 622 pages
...render you ; Only this one : — Lord Angelo is preeise ; Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : Hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. [Exeunt. SCENE V.— A Nunnerg....
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text ..., Part 47, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pages
...render you; Only, this one:—Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guardt with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone: Hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. [Exeunt. SCENE V.—A Nunnery....
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Shakespeare's Soliloquies

Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...blood. The duke said of him: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence shall we see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (I.iii.50-5) The adjective...
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Illusion and the Drama: Critical Theory of the Enlightenment and Romantic Era

Frederick Burwick - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 357 pages
...stone. (gloss to Knight 366) Duke: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (Measure for Measurr, I.iii.50-54)...
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Analyzing Shakespeare's Action: Scene Versus Sequence

Charles A. Hallett, Elaine S. Hallett - Drama - 1991 - 248 pages
...Claudio. Shakespeare adds a reversal that has nothing to do with Claudio: Angelo, who "scarce confesses / That his blood flows: or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone," discovers at the close of this sequence that his "sense breeds" - he conceives a passion for...
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Shakespeare's Festive World: Elizabethan Seasonal Entertainment and the ...

Frangois Laroque - Drama - 1993 - 444 pages
...he paints of him (i, iii, 50-3): Lord Angelo is precise, Stands at guard with envy, scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone . . . As the OED notes, the adjective 'precise' was then synonymous with 'Puritan'. 34. Twelfth...
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Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays ...

Janet Adelman - Drama - 1992 - 396 pages
...Withdrawing from visible authority, the Duke — and the play — set out to test Angelo's refusal to confess that "his blood flows; or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone" (1.3.52-53), claims exaggerated in Lucio's comic contention that his "blood / Is very snow-broth"...
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Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing Complicities in Shakespeare

Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...skepticism verging on disdain: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence we shall see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (1.3.50-54) One can only conclude...
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On Measure for Measure: An Essay in Criticism of Shakespeare's Drama

Lawrence J. Ross - Drama - 1997 - 194 pages
...arrests us with "Only this one:" Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence shall we see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Exeunt. (50-54) One may well...
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Shakespearean Power and Punishment: A Volume of Essays

Gillian Murray Kendall - Drama - 1998 - 232 pages
...creation" (3.2.106-8). And as the Duke himself says about Angelo, he is one who "scarce confesses / That his blood flows, or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone" (1.3.50-53). These images of metal, stone, and coldness work to define Angelo as an inanimate...
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