The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... hear of her , but cannot find her . - pre- 75 Shy . Why there , there , there , there ! a diamond gone cost me two ... hears'd at my foot , and the ducats in her coffin : -no news of them ? why so ! -and I know not what's spent in the ...
... hear of her , but cannot find her . - pre- 75 Shy . Why there , there , there , there ! a diamond gone cost me two ... hears'd at my foot , and the ducats in her coffin : -no news of them ? why so ! -and I know not what's spent in the ...
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... hear the letter of your friend . Bass . [ Reads . ] Sweet Bassanio , my ships have all miscarried , my creditors grow cruel , my estate is very low , my bond to 315 the Jew is forfeit , and ( since in paying it , it is impos- sible I ...
... hear the letter of your friend . Bass . [ Reads . ] Sweet Bassanio , my ships have all miscarried , my creditors grow cruel , my estate is very low , my bond to 315 the Jew is forfeit , and ( since in paying it , it is impos- sible I ...
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... hear it : [ Enter Musicians . ] Come ho ! and wake Diana with a hymn , With sweetest touches pierce your mistress ' ear , And draw her home with music . Jes . I am never merry when I hear sweet music . Lor . The reason is your spirits ...
... hear it : [ Enter Musicians . ] Come ho ! and wake Diana with a hymn , With sweetest touches pierce your mistress ' ear , And draw her home with music . Jes . I am never merry when I hear sweet music . Lor . The reason is your spirits ...
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Abbott Ansaldo Antonio Bass Bassanio Belmont blood bond Capell casket choose chooseth Christian Clarendon clown Collier compositor conj copy daughter doth ducats Duke Dyce E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emendation entry Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fool foul papers Gesta Romanorum Giannetto give Gobbo Gratiano Halliwell Hanmer hath haue honour Iudge Jessica Jew of Malta Jew's Johnson lady Laun Launcelot lawyer Lord Lorenzo Malone master Merchant of Venice mercy Nerissa night Pecorone phrase play Pooler compared Pope Portia pound of flesh pray probably quarto quibble quoted quoth ring Rodolfo Rowe Salerio Scene sense Shakespeare ship Shylock Sola Solanio Solarino speak Steevens Strabino swear thee Theobald theyr thou thought thousand ducats Tilley tion Truculento Tubal usurer usury vnto W. W. Greg William Shakespeare word ΙΟ