Harrington. Thoughts on bores. OrmondWhittaker, 1848 - English fiction |
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... character . Even the peculiarities of their persons , the errors of their foreign dialect and pronunciation , were mimicked and caricatured , as if to render them objects of perpetual derision and detestation . I am far from wishing to ...
... character . Even the peculiarities of their persons , the errors of their foreign dialect and pronunciation , were mimicked and caricatured , as if to render them objects of perpetual derision and detestation . I am far from wishing to ...
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... character , Jacob , my Jew ; for when did any son of Israel , any one of your tribe , or your twelve tribes , despise a farthing they could get honestly or dishonestly ? Now this is a halfpenny - a good halfpenny . Come , Jacob , take ...
... character , Jacob , my Jew ; for when did any son of Israel , any one of your tribe , or your twelve tribes , despise a farthing they could get honestly or dishonestly ? Now this is a halfpenny - a good halfpenny . Come , Jacob , take ...
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... character , and the whole tone and colour of my future life . I do not pretend to say that I had not , during my time at the university , and afterwards in London , my follies and impru- dences ; but my soul did not , like many other ...
... character , and the whole tone and colour of my future life . I do not pretend to say that I had not , during my time at the university , and afterwards in London , my follies and impru- dences ; but my soul did not , like many other ...
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... character he had drawn of Mr. Montenero , my father laughed , saying that he would answer for it my friend Israel was not an Israelite without guile ; for that was a descrip- tion of Israelite he had never yet seen , and he had seen a ...
... character he had drawn of Mr. Montenero , my father laughed , saying that he would answer for it my friend Israel was not an Israelite without guile ; for that was a descrip- tion of Israelite he had never yet seen , and he had seen a ...
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... character of Shylock . According to the custom of the time , Pope was seated among the critics in the pit . He was so much struck and transported with admiration , that in the middle of the play , he started up , and repeated that ...
... character of Shylock . According to the custom of the time , Pope was seated among the critics in the pit . He was so much struck and transported with admiration , that in the middle of the play , he started up , and repeated that ...
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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 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 ? 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 50 - The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Page 60 - 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 - These encomiums warmed me, but did not overset me. I knew where I should have the pull, which was in the third act, and 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 most sanguine expectations.
Page 61 - ... if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 42 - The trial scene wound up the fulness of my reputation. Here I was well listened to, and here I made such a silent yet forcible impression on my audience, that I retired from this great attempt most perfectly satisfied.
Page 61 - 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 41 - 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.