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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... fortune ; go to , here's a simple line of life , here's a small trifle of wives , -alas ! fifteen wives is nothing , aleven widows and nine maids is a simple coming - in for one man , and then to scape 155 drowning thrice , and to be in ...
... fortune ; go to , here's a simple line of life , here's a small trifle of wives , -alas ! fifteen wives is nothing , aleven widows and nine maids is a simple coming - in for one man , and then to scape 155 drowning thrice , and to be in ...
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... fortune now To my heart's hope ! -gold , silver , and base lead . " Who chooseth me , must give and hazard all he hath . ” You shall look fairer ere I give or hazard . What says the golden chest ? ha ! let me see , " Who chooseth me ...
... fortune now To my heart's hope ! -gold , silver , and base lead . " Who chooseth me , must give and hazard all he hath . ” You shall look fairer ere I give or hazard . What says the golden chest ? ha ! let me see , " Who chooseth me ...
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... fortune . 130 You that choose not by the view Chance as fair , and choose as true : Since this fortune falls to you , Be content , and seek no new . If you be well pleas'd with this , And hold your fortune for your bliss , Turn you ...
... fortune . 130 You that choose not by the view Chance as fair , and choose as true : Since this fortune falls to you , Be content , and seek no new . If you be well pleas'd with this , And hold your fortune for your bliss , Turn you ...
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Abbott allusion Ansaldo Antonio Bass Bassanio Belmont blood bond Capell casket choose chooseth Christian Clarendon clown Collier compositor conj copy daughter doth ducats Duke Dyce E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emendation entry Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fool foul papers Gesta Romanorum Giannetto give Gobbo Gratiano Halliwell Hanmer hath haue honour Iudge Jessica Jew of Malta Jew's Johnson lady Laun Launcelot lawyer Lord Lorenzo Malone master Merchant of Venice mercy Nerissa night Pecorone phrase play Pooler compared Pope Portia pound of flesh pray probably quarto quibble quoted quoth ring Rodolfo Rowe Salerio Scene sense Shakespeare ship Shylock Sola Solanio Solarino speak Steevens Strabino swear thee Theobald theyr thou thought thousand ducats Tilley tion Truculento Tubal usurer usury vnto W. W. Greg William Shakespeare word