Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volume 13R. Hunter, 1825 |
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... head under the bed - clothes , my knees drawn up , in a cold perspiration . I saw faces around me grinning , glaring , receding , advancing , all turn- ing at last into one and the same face of the Jew with the long beard and the ...
... head under the bed - clothes , my knees drawn up , in a cold perspiration . I saw faces around me grinning , glaring , receding , advancing , all turn- ing at last into one and the same face of the Jew with the long beard and the ...
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... head in Fowler's lap . If she attempted to pull or push me forwards I screamed , and at length I sent forth a scream that wakened my mother - her bell rang , and she was told that it was only master Harrington , who • was afraid of poor ...
... head in Fowler's lap . If she attempted to pull or push me forwards I screamed , and at length I sent forth a scream that wakened my mother - her bell rang , and she was told that it was only master Harrington , who • was afraid of poor ...
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... seeing and talking of master Harrington . Some new won- der came into fashion , I think it was Jedediah Buxton , the man of prodigious memory , who could multiply in his head nine figures by nine ; and who HARRINGTON . 13.
... seeing and talking of master Harrington . Some new won- der came into fashion , I think it was Jedediah Buxton , the man of prodigious memory , who could multiply in his head nine figures by nine ; and who HARRINGTON . 13.
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Maria Edgeworth. in his head nine figures by nine ; and who , the first time he was taken to the playhouse , counted all the steps of the dancers , and all the words uttered by Garrick in Richard the Third . After Jedediah Bux- ton , or ...
Maria Edgeworth. in his head nine figures by nine ; and who , the first time he was taken to the playhouse , counted all the steps of the dancers , and all the words uttered by Garrick in Richard the Third . After Jedediah Bux- ton , or ...
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... head was at the carriage window , at the side next me ; if I moved to the other side , it was at the other side ; if I pulled up the glass , which I never could do fast enough , the Jew's head was there opposite to me , fixed as in a ...
... head was at the carriage window , at the side next me ; if I moved to the other side , it was at the other side ; if I pulled up the glass , which I never could do fast enough , the Jew's head was there opposite to me , fixed as in a ...
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apothecary appeared asked begged believe Berenice Black Islands called Castle Hermitage Coates colonel Topham Cornelius countenance cried daughter dear door eyes father favour fear feelings felt Fowler gentleman gout hand happy Harrington Harry Ormond hear heard heart honour hope imagination instant Israel Lyons Jewess Jewish Josseline Jupiter king Corny knew lady Annaly lady Anne Mowbray lady de Brantefield lady O'Shane ladyship letter London look lord Mowbray Manessa manner Marcus Merchant of Venice mind miss Annaly miss Black miss Montenero Moriarty morning mother Mowbray's nature never night opinion party passion picture pleased poor Jacob prince Harry racter recollect repeated ring rington Shylock sir Josseline's sir Ulick O'Shane smile soon speak spoke stood sure talking tell tenero thing thought tion told tone took turned voice Wandering Jew wish woman word young lady
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Page 86 - I am a 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? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Page 86 - 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 85 - 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 86 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility'? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 284 - Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon: and Solomon, I am sure, saith, 'It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence.
Page 86 - 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 60 - Sir, (said the veteran) I eyed through the slit of the curtain, and was glad to see there, as I wished, in such a cause, to be tried by a special jury. When I made my appearance in the green-room, dressed for the part, with my red hat on my head, my piqued beard, loose black gown, &c.
Page 60 - 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 129 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environed me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that with the very noise I, trembling, waked; and for a season after Could not believe but that I was in hell: Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 21 - Jews are as well fixed to be wicked as the bad fairies, or bad genii, or allegorical personifications of the devils and the vices in the old emblems, mysteries, moralities, &c., but in almost every work of fiction, I found them represented as hateful beings ; nay, even in modern tales of very late years, since I have come to man's estate, I have...