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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... ring from you , - Do not draw back your hand , I'll take no more , And you in love shall not deny me this ! Bass . This ring good sir ? alas it is a trifle , I will not shame myself to give you this ! Por . I will have nothing else but ...
... ring from you , - Do not draw back your hand , I'll take no more , And you in love shall not deny me this ! Bass . This ring good sir ? alas it is a trifle , I will not shame myself to give you this ! Por . I will have nothing else but ...
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... ring defending it . Gra . My Lord Bassanio gave his ring away Unto the judge that begg'd it , and indeed Deserv'd it too : and then the boy ( his clerk ) 180 Por . That took some pains in writing , he begg❜d mine , And neither man nor ...
... ring defending it . Gra . My Lord Bassanio gave his ring away Unto the judge that begg'd it , and indeed Deserv'd it too : and then the boy ( his clerk ) 180 Por . That took some pains in writing , he begg❜d mine , And neither man nor ...
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... ring , And would conceive for what I gave the ring , And how unwillingly I left the ring , When nought would be accepted but the ring , You would abate the strength of your displeasure . Por . If you had known the virtue of the ring ...
... ring , And would conceive for what I gave the ring , And how unwillingly I left the ring , When nought would be accepted but the ring , You would abate the strength of your displeasure . Por . If you had known the virtue of the ring ...
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Abbott 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