The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... father ? Gob . Alack sir I am sand - blind , I know you not . 70 Laun . Nay , indeed if you had your eyes you might fail of the knowing me : it is a wise father that knows his own child . Well , old man , I will tell you news of your ...
... father ? Gob . Alack sir I am sand - blind , I know you not . 70 Laun . Nay , indeed if you had your eyes you might fail of the knowing me : it is a wise father that knows his own child . Well , old man , I will tell you news of your ...
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... father shall specify . Gob . His master and he ( saving your worship's reverence ) are scarce cater - cousins , - 115 120 Laun . To be brief , the very truth is , that the Jew having 125 done me wrong , doth cause me as my father ...
... father shall specify . Gob . His master and he ( saving your worship's reverence ) are scarce cater - cousins , - 115 120 Laun . To be brief , the very truth is , that the Jew having 125 done me wrong , doth cause me as my father ...
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... Fathers choyse , all her senses distracted with this sodayne motion : yet tooke corrage to auns were the matter in this sort . Deere Father , it is the duty of the Chylde to be obedient to her Parentes preceptes : and it is the Fathers ...
... Fathers choyse , all her senses distracted with this sodayne motion : yet tooke corrage to auns were the matter in this sort . Deere Father , it is the duty of the Chylde to be obedient to her Parentes preceptes : and it is the Fathers ...
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