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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... thing ? " ( so Steevens ) . 66 • However , Qmay stand , for anything can be used adverbially , meaning in any measure , to any extent , as in Spenser , Virgil's Gnat ( 1591 ) , l . 439 : that anie thing could please / Fell Cerberus ...
... thing ? " ( so Steevens ) . 66 • However , Qmay stand , for anything can be used adverbially , meaning in any measure , to any extent , as in Spenser , Virgil's Gnat ( 1591 ) , l . 439 : that anie thing could please / Fell Cerberus ...
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... things Well , I'll set you forth . 80. dinner . ] Q2 ; dinner ? Q , F. Q2 ; stomack ? Q , F. 83. howsome'er ] how so mere Q ; howsoere Q2 ; how [ ACT IV ] [ SCENE I. - Venice . Jes . I shall digest it . 79. that . ] Q2 ; that ? Q , F.
... things Well , I'll set you forth . 80. dinner . ] Q2 ; dinner ? Q , F. Q2 ; stomack ? Q , F. 83. howsome'er ] how so mere Q ; howsoere Q2 ; how [ ACT IV ] [ SCENE I. - Venice . Jes . I shall digest it . 79. that . ] Q2 ; that ? Q , F.
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... thing no lesse strange then cruel , to bind a man to pay a pound of the flesh of his bodie , for want of money : Surely , in that it is a thing not vsuall , it appeareth to be somewhat the more admirable , but there are diuers others ...
... thing no lesse strange then cruel , to bind a man to pay a pound of the flesh of his bodie , for want of money : Surely , in that it is a thing not vsuall , it appeareth to be somewhat the more admirable , but there are diuers others ...
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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