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Page 228
... Lady Annaly does not like cards , " said Lady O'Shane , " and I could not ask any of these young ladies to waste their breath and their execution , singing and playing before the gen- tlemen came out . " " These young ladies would not ...
... Lady Annaly does not like cards , " said Lady O'Shane , " and I could not ask any of these young ladies to waste their breath and their execution , singing and playing before the gen- tlemen came out . " " These young ladies would not ...
Page 229
... Lady O'Shane was perhaps the last woman in the room whom a stranger would have guessed to be Sir Ulick's wife . He ... Annaly , after ten years ' martyrdom of the heart , sank , childless , —a victim , it was said , to love and jealousy . The ...
... Lady O'Shane was perhaps the last woman in the room whom a stranger would have guessed to be Sir Ulick's wife . He ... Annaly , after ten years ' martyrdom of the heart , sank , childless , —a victim , it was said , to love and jealousy . The ...
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... Lady Annaly and her daughter . Lady Annaly was a distant relation of Sir Ulick's first wife , during whose life some circumstances had occurred which had excited her ladyship's indignation against him . For many years all commerce ...
... Lady Annaly and her daughter . Lady Annaly was a distant relation of Sir Ulick's first wife , during whose life some circumstances had occurred which had excited her ladyship's indignation against him . For many years all commerce ...
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... Lady Annaly had at last consented to revisit Castle Hermitage . Her ladyship and her daughter were now on this reconciliation visit ; Sir Ulick was extremely anxious to make it agreeable . Besides the credit of her friend- ship , he had ...
... Lady Annaly had at last consented to revisit Castle Hermitage . Her ladyship and her daughter were now on this reconciliation visit ; Sir Ulick was extremely anxious to make it agreeable . Besides the credit of her friend- ship , he had ...
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... Lady O'Shane , and had earnestly requested that , as the day for the intended dance was a matter of indiffer- ence ... Annaly . " 66 Ought to be sure , " said Lady O'Shane ; " but that is no rule for young gentlemen's conduct . I told ...
... Lady O'Shane , and had earnestly requested that , as the day for the intended dance was a matter of indiffer- ence ... Annaly . " 66 Ought to be sure , " said Lady O'Shane ; " but that is no rule for young gentlemen's conduct . I told ...
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Page 92 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, — Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 61 - I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes ? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions...
Page 61 - A cur can lend three thousand ducats ? " or Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, With 'bated breath, and whispering humbleness, Say this, — " Fair, sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last ; You spurned me such a day ; another time You called me — dog ; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys.
Page 61 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 50 - The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Page 60 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Page 41 - These encomiums warmed me, but did not overset me. I knew where I should have the pull, which was in the third act, and reserved myself accordingly. At this period I threw out all my fire, and as the contrasted passions of joy for the merchant's losses and grief for the elopement of Jessica open a fine field for an actor's powers, I had the good fortune to please beyond my warmest expectations.
Page 61 - Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?
Page 60 - Well then, it now appears you need my help: Go to, then; you come to me, and you say 'Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 41 - I eyed them, Sir, through the slit in the curtain, and was glad to see them there ; as I wished, in such a cause, to be tried by a special jury. When I made my appearance in the greenroom, dressed for the part, with my red hat on my head, my piqued beard...