Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical : Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres-royal, London, Volume 6John Cumberland, 1826 - English drama |
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... never use it . Shy . When Jacob graz'd his uncle Laban's sheep- This Jacob from our holy Abraham was ( As his wise mother wrought in his behalf , ) The third possessor ; ay , he was the third . Ant . And what of him ? did he take ...
... never use it . Shy . When Jacob graz'd his uncle Laban's sheep- This Jacob from our holy Abraham was ( As his wise mother wrought in his behalf , ) The third possessor ; ay , he was the third . Ant . And what of him ? did he take ...
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... never dare misfortune cross her foot , Unless she do it under this excuse , - That she is issue to a faithless Jew . Come , go with me ; peruse this as thou goest : Fair Jessica shall be my torch - bearer . [ Exeunt ,. R. SCENE IV ...
... never dare misfortune cross her foot , Unless she do it under this excuse , - That she is issue to a faithless Jew . Come , go with me ; peruse this as thou goest : Fair Jessica shall be my torch - bearer . [ Exeunt ,. R. SCENE IV ...
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... never fell upon our nation till now ; I never felt it till now : -two thousand ducats in that ; and other precious , precious jewels . - I would , my daughter were dead at my foot , and the jewels in her ear ! ' would she were hears'd ...
... never fell upon our nation till now ; I never felt it till now : -two thousand ducats in that ; and other precious , precious jewels . - I would , my daughter were dead at my foot , and the jewels in her ear ! ' would she were hears'd ...
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... never see my gold again : fourscore ducats at a sitting ! four- score ducats ! Tub . ( L. ) There came divers of ... never to unfold to any one Which casket ' twas I chose ; next , if I fail Of the right casket , never in my life To woo ...
... never see my gold again : fourscore ducats at a sitting ! four- score ducats ! Tub . ( L. ) There came divers of ... never to unfold to any one Which casket ' twas I chose ; next , if I fail Of the right casket , never in my life To woo ...
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... never be : so may you miss me : But if you do , you'll make me wish a sin , That I had been forsworn . I speak too long : but ' tis to peize the time ; To eke it , and to draw it out in length , To stay you from election . Bass . Let me ...
... never be : so may you miss me : But if you do , you'll make me wish a sin , That I had been forsworn . I speak too long : but ' tis to peize the time ; To eke it , and to draw it out in length , To stay you from election . Bass . Let me ...
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Page 18 - For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe: You call me — misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my 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 monies...
Page 49 - 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 56 - I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — And take...
Page 53 - 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 44 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 11 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
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 16 - 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. 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 12 - 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 32 - Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly.