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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William Shakespeare John Russell Brown. go Hercules ! Live thou , I live - with much much more dismay , I view the ... lives a Jewish usurer , cruel be- yond reason , yet thriving and pulsing with life . For the sake of a friend , the ...
William Shakespeare John Russell Brown. go Hercules ! Live thou , I live - with much much more dismay , I view the ... lives a Jewish usurer , cruel be- yond reason , yet thriving and pulsing with life . For the sake of a friend , the ...
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... live upon the rack . Por . Upon the rack Bassanio ? then confess What treason there is mingled with your love . Bass . None but that ugly treason of mistrust , Which makes me fear th'enjoying of my love , There may as well be amity and ...
... live upon the rack . Por . Upon the rack Bassanio ? then confess What treason there is mingled with your love . Bass . None but that ugly treason of mistrust , Which makes me fear th'enjoying of my love , There may as well be amity and ...
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... Live thou , I live - with much much more dismay , I view the fight , than thou that mak❜st the fray . A song [ to music ] the whilst Bassanio comments on the caskets to himself . 48. then ] Q2 ; than Q , F. Q , F. 60. Hercules ! ] Then ...
... Live thou , I live - with much much more dismay , I view the fight , than thou that mak❜st the fray . A song [ to music ] the whilst Bassanio comments on the caskets to himself . 48. then ] Q2 ; than Q , F. Q , F. 60. Hercules ! ] Then ...
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