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... murder finds a nemesis of retribution in his ruin by process of law . The nemesis , it will be observed , is not merely two - fold , but double in the way that a double flower is distinct from two flowers it is a nemesis on a nemesis ...
... murder finds a nemesis of retribution in his ruin by process of law . The nemesis , it will be observed , is not merely two - fold , but double in the way that a double flower is distinct from two flowers it is a nemesis on a nemesis ...
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... murder . Shylock had chosen the letter of the law , and by the letter of the law he is to suffer . Humour v . Again , every one must feel that the plea on which Portia quibble . upsets the bond is in reality the merest quibble . It is ...
... murder . Shylock had chosen the letter of the law , and by the letter of the law he is to suffer . Humour v . Again , every one must feel that the plea on which Portia quibble . upsets the bond is in reality the merest quibble . It is ...
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... murder by legal process ? And how is this situation brought about but by the most intricate interweaving of a story of brightness with a story of trouble ? In all branches then of dramatic effect , in Character , in Plot and in Passion ...
... murder by legal process ? And how is this situation brought about but by the most intricate interweaving of a story of brightness with a story of trouble ? In all branches then of dramatic effect , in Character , in Plot and in Passion ...
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... murdered , and wonder that so perfect an intriguer should not choose a more favour- able time . But the repugnance of ... murder ; Richard answers : Come to me , Tyrrel , soon at after supper , A And thou shalt tell the process of their ...
... murdered , and wonder that so perfect an intriguer should not choose a more favour- able time . But the repugnance of ... murder ; Richard answers : Come to me , Tyrrel , soon at after supper , A And thou shalt tell the process of their ...
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... murder their breath in the middle of a word , tremble and start at wagging of a straw : -here we have the musician's flourish upon his instrument from very wanton- ness of skill . Again : i . i . 118 . i . iii . 354 . Simple , plain ...
... murder their breath in the middle of a word , tremble and start at wagging of a straw : -here we have the musician's flourish upon his instrument from very wanton- ness of skill . Again : i . i . 118 . i . iii . 354 . Simple , plain ...
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Page 153 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.
Page 212 - Stain my man's cheeks !— No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things — What they are yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 48 - 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 moneys...
Page 163 - Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures: 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt.
Page 60 - 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 150 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries ' Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest...
Page 152 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Page 188 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark...
Page 144 - Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king; Which every wise and virtuous man attains...
Page 138 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.