Shakspeare's tragedy of Othello: with explanatory notes, adapted for scholastic or private study by J. Hunter |
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... confess the truth , I will no longer refuse to satisfy your questions and my duty . Know , then , that for no other reason is your lady vexed to see the captain in disfavour , than for the pleasure that she has in his com- pany whenever ...
... confess the truth , I will no longer refuse to satisfy your questions and my duty . Know , then , that for no other reason is your lady vexed to see the captain in disfavour , than for the pleasure that she has in his com- pany whenever ...
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... confession ; that he is banished for life , and is eventually slain by the kinsfolk of Disdemona ; that the ensign , fol- lowing up his wonted villany , falsely accuses one of his companions , and , on being put to the torture , dies a ...
... confession ; that he is banished for life , and is eventually slain by the kinsfolk of Disdemona ; that the ensign , fol- lowing up his wonted villany , falsely accuses one of his companions , and , on being put to the torture , dies a ...
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... confess the abstraction of the handkerchief when Othello violently demands it back : this would otherwise be the circumstance in the whole piece the most difficult to jus- tify . Cassio is portrayed exactly as he ought to be to ex- cite ...
... confess the abstraction of the handkerchief when Othello violently demands it back : this would otherwise be the circumstance in the whole piece the most difficult to jus- tify . Cassio is portrayed exactly as he ought to be to ex- cite ...
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... confess perfection so could err Against all rules of nature ; and must be driven To find out practices of cunning hell , Why this should be . I therefore vouch again , That with some mixtures powerful o'er the blood , Or with some dram ...
... confess perfection so could err Against all rules of nature ; and must be driven To find out practices of cunning hell , Why this should be . I therefore vouch again , That with some mixtures powerful o'er the blood , Or with some dram ...
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... confess the vices of my blood , So justly to your grave ears I'll present How I did thrive in this fair lady's love , And she in mine . Duke . Say it , Othello . Oth . Her father loved me ; oft invited me ; Still questioned me the story ...
... confess the vices of my blood , So justly to your grave ears I'll present How I did thrive in this fair lady's love , And she in mine . Duke . Say it , Othello . Oth . Her father loved me ; oft invited me ; Still questioned me the story ...
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bear beseech Bian Bianca blood Boötes Brabantio called captain Cinthio's confess cuckold Cyprus damned dear devil dost thou doth Duke Editor's Hamlet Emil EMILIA ensign Enter OTHELLO Exeunt Exit Exsufflicate eyes fair faith false farewell favour fear folio fool fortune foul Gent give handkerchief hath hear heart heaven hell Henry IV hither honest honour husband jealous Julius Cæsar killed King Lear kiss knave lady lieutenant LODOVICO look lord Macbeth madam married means Merchant of Venice Michael Cassio mistress MONTANO Moor Moor's murder ne'er never night noble patience Pontic Sea pray Prithee Roderigo SCENE Sea of Marmora Shakspeare signior soul speak sweet sword tell thee thing thou art thou dost thou hast thought to-night true Turk valiant Venetian villain villany whore wife willow word
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Page 33 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions; but we have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts, whereof I take this that you call love to be a sect or scion.
Page 60 - Reputation is an idle and most false imposition ; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving : you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.
Page 61 - O God ! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.
Page 142 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well...
Page 23 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Page 76 - To show the love and duty that I bear you With franker spirit : therefore, as I am bound, Receive it from me : — I speak not yet of proof. Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio; Wear your eye thus, not jealous, nor secure : I would not have your free and noble nature, Out of self-bounty, be abused ; look to 't : I know our country disposition well ; In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience Is not to leave undone, but keep unknown.
Page 26 - twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page 81 - I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ: this may do something.
Page 60 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 83 - By the world, I think my wife be honest, and think she is not ; I think that thou art just, and think thou art not : I'll have some proof: her name, that was as fresh As Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black As mine own face.