 Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...  Guide to preliminary army examination - Page 3by John Gibson - 1881Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 pages
...as they are. The present reading, which is the reading of the folio, has more force. JOHNSON. 537. of one, whose hand, Like the base Indian threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; — ] I have restored J-udian, from the elder quarto, as the genuine and more eligible reading. Mr.... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 590 pages
...nothing.extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice — then must you speak Of one not easily jealous — but whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe— of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 410 pages
...dost speak masterly." The player who dismissed this short passage, in the language of Othello — ' ' Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe." And that, as it should seem, merely to relieve the gentlemen in the orchestra from the trouble of playing... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1842 - 566 pages
...extenuate, Of one not easily jealous—but whose hand, Nor set down aught in malice—then must you speak Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe—of one whose subdued eyes, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Albeit unused to the melting... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1843 - 350 pages
...necessary to adopt here (as the other modern editors do) the reading of the folio. SCENE 2.— C. p. 629. " of one, whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away, Richer than all his tribe." " The meaning is very clear, the allusion obscure ; and the probability is that Shakespeare referred to some... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one, whose hand, I02 OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE. Like the base Indian , threw a pearl away , Richer than all his tribe ; of one, whose subdued eyes , Albeit unused to the melting mood , Drop tears as fast as the Arabian... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...bombastic style. Great has been the perplexity of the critics over the passage. Speaking of himself: — Of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe. The quarto reads Indian, but the folio Judean. We incline to the explanation that has its foundation in... | |
 | Robert Douglas - Medical students - 1848 - 350 pages
...malice : then must you speak Speak of me as I am—nothing extenuate, Of one not easily jealous, but whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe—of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1849 - 398 pages
...too, in the mouth of a lady's woman ! KOTES ON OTHELLO. Act. v. last scene. Othello's speech : — Of one, whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe, &c. Theobald's note from Warburton. Thus it is for no-poets to comment on the greatest of poets ! To... | |
 | James Weir - American fiction - 1850 - 704 pages
...not wisely, but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplexed in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away, Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees... | |
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