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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... stand . His hour is almost past . Sal . Gra . And it is marvel he out - dwells his hour , For lovers ever run before the clock . Sal . O ten times faster Venus ' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new - made , than they are wont To keep ...
... stand . His hour is almost past . Sal . Gra . And it is marvel he out - dwells his hour , For lovers ever run before the clock . Sal . O ten times faster Venus ' pigeons fly To seal love's bonds new - made , than they are wont To keep ...
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William Shakespeare John Russell Brown. Nerissa and the rest , stand all aloof , - Let music sound while he doth make his choice , Then if he lose he makes a swan - like end , Fading in music . That the comparison May stand more proper ...
William Shakespeare John Russell Brown. Nerissa and the rest , stand all aloof , - Let music sound while he doth make his choice , Then if he lose he makes a swan - like end , Fading in music . That the comparison May stand more proper ...
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... stand . . . place ] have a better posi- tion , or employment ( cf. Gent . , 1. ii . 45 ) ; Touchstone alludes to his " place " at court ( AYL . , II . iv . 18 ) so the word would be appropriate for a profes- sional fool ( cf. II . ii ...
... stand . . . place ] have a better posi- tion , or employment ( cf. Gent . , 1. ii . 45 ) ; Touchstone alludes to his " place " at court ( AYL . , II . iv . 18 ) so the word would be appropriate for a profes- sional fool ( cf. II . ii ...
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