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... believe , are very different now from what they were then ; and in further proof of the progress of human knowledge and reason , we may recollect that many of these very stories of the Jews , which we now hold too preposterous for the ...
... believe , are very different now from what they were then ; and in further proof of the progress of human knowledge and reason , we may recollect that many of these very stories of the Jews , which we now hold too preposterous for the ...
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... she told me that I was too old now to believe such nonsense . In vain she told me that Simon was only an old - clothes - man , that his cry was only " Old clothes ! Old clothes ! " which she mimicked to take off 4 HARRINGTON .
... she told me that I was too old now to believe such nonsense . In vain she told me that Simon was only an old - clothes - man , that his cry was only " Old clothes ! Old clothes ! " which she mimicked to take off 4 HARRINGTON .
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... believe , to religion . He hastened down to the country to take the sense of his constituents , or to impress them with his sense of the business . Previously to some intended county meeting , there were , I remember , various dinners ...
... believe , to religion . He hastened down to the country to take the sense of his constituents , or to impress them with his sense of the business . Previously to some intended county meeting , there were , I remember , various dinners ...
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... believe : it's the only book my dear mother ever looks into ; and she has often made me read it to her , till - no offence to my long line of ancestry - I cursed it and them ; but now I bless it and them for supplying my happy memory ...
... believe : it's the only book my dear mother ever looks into ; and she has often made me read it to her , till - no offence to my long line of ancestry - I cursed it and them ; but now I bless it and them for supplying my happy memory ...
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... believe , struck , or touched , except Mowbray , who , unembarrassed by feeling , went on with the same levity of ... believe that this hypocrite cares about his father , supposing he has one ? Do you believe , boys , that a Jew pedlar ...
... believe , struck , or touched , except Mowbray , who , unembarrassed by feeling , went on with the same levity of ... believe that this hypocrite cares about his father , supposing he has one ? Do you believe , boys , that a Jew pedlar ...
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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...