Scenes from Old PlaybooksClarendon Press, 1906 - 248 pages |
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... ANTONIO AND SHYLOCK , from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice . i . The Second Arrow ( Act i , Sc . i ) ii . The Merry Bond ( Act i , Sc . iii ) iii . Loss upon Loss ( Act iii , Sc . i ) iv . Bassanio's Triumph ( Act iii , Sc . v ...
... ANTONIO AND SHYLOCK , from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice . i . The Second Arrow ( Act i , Sc . i ) ii . The Merry Bond ( Act i , Sc . iii ) iii . Loss upon Loss ( Act iii , Sc . i ) iv . Bassanio's Triumph ( Act iii , Sc . v ...
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... And heaven restore the joys I have bereft you With full increase hereafter ! [ He rises . ] Living , be The goddess styled of hospitality ! [ Exeunt severally . XV . ANTONIO AND SHYLOCK BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SCENE I. A NOBLE REVENGE 149.
... And heaven restore the joys I have bereft you With full increase hereafter ! [ He rises . ] Living , be The goddess styled of hospitality ! [ Exeunt severally . XV . ANTONIO AND SHYLOCK BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SCENE I. A NOBLE REVENGE 149.
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... Antonio and Bassanio . Bassanio . ' Tis not unknown to you , Antonio , How much I have disabled mine estate ; Nor do I now make moan to be abridged From such a noble rate ; but my chief care Is , to come fairly off from the great debts ...
... Antonio and Bassanio . Bassanio . ' Tis not unknown to you , Antonio , How much I have disabled mine estate ; Nor do I now make moan to be abridged From such a noble rate ; but my chief care Is , to come fairly off from the great debts ...
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... Antonio , had I but the means 50 To hold a rival place with one of them , I have a mind presages me such thrift , That I should questionless be fortunate . Antonio . Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea ; Neither have I money ...
... Antonio , had I but the means 50 To hold a rival place with one of them , I have a mind presages me such thrift , That I should questionless be fortunate . Antonio . Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea ; Neither have I money ...
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... Antonio's deadliest enemy . Shylock is greatly astonished at such a request coming , as he supposes , from Antonio , and he is delighted to hear of Antonio's difficulties . He pretends to hesitate , as if the loan were one which he must ...
... Antonio's deadliest enemy . Shylock is greatly astonished at such a request coming , as he supposes , from Antonio , and he is delighted to hear of Antonio's difficulties . He pretends to hesitate , as if the loan were one which he must ...
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Page 134 - I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Page 79 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition.
Page 137 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 71 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 133 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 141 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge? Must I observe you? Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humour?
Page 135 - Who, you all know, are honourable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honourable men.
Page 71 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height. On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Page 138 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Page 134 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; •> I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; \ So let it be with Caesar.