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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... soul , From out the state of hellish cruelty ! - This comes too near the praising of myself , Therefore no more of it : hear other things— Lorenzo I commit into your hands , The husbandry and manage of my house , Until my lord's return ...
... soul , From out the state of hellish cruelty ! - This comes too near the praising of myself , Therefore no more of it : hear other things— Lorenzo I commit into your hands , The husbandry and manage of my house , Until my lord's return ...
Page 127
... soul let's ] Let's Q , F ; Sweet soul , let's Var . '85 . 39. Sola ... sola ! ] Launcelot imi- tates the horn of the courser or post ( so Staunton ) . The cries are from hunt- ing ; in LLL . Costard calls " Sowla❞ on exit in a hunting ...
... soul let's ] Let's Q , F ; Sweet soul , let's Var . '85 . 39. Sola ... sola ! ] Launcelot imi- tates the horn of the courser or post ( so Staunton ) . The cries are from hunt- ing ; in LLL . Costard calls " Sowla❞ on exit in a hunting ...
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... souls like the cherubim but , because our bodies surround the sense with insensitive clay , we cannot hear the celestial music . Possibly the first it of 1. 65 refers to man's immortal soul and not to harmony ( so Collier and Dyce ) ...
... souls like the cherubim but , because our bodies surround the sense with insensitive clay , we cannot hear the celestial music . Possibly the first it of 1. 65 refers to man's immortal soul and not to harmony ( so Collier and Dyce ) ...
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