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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... thousand ducats . Por . 280 285 290 295 What no more ? Pay him six thousand , and deface the bond : Double six thousand , and then treble that , Before a friend of this description 300 Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault . First ...
... thousand ducats . Por . 280 285 290 295 What no more ? Pay him six thousand , and deface the bond : Double six thousand , and then treble that , Before a friend of this description 300 Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault . First ...
Page 148
... thousand ducats . Then one day , when Giannetto was at the window of the palace with his wife , he saw a company of men pass through the square bearing burning torches in their hands as if they were going to present an offering ...
... thousand ducats . Then one day , when Giannetto was at the window of the palace with his wife , he saw a company of men pass through the square bearing burning torches in their hands as if they were going to present an offering ...
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... thousand and he would not have it ; then he advanced his offer to thirty thousand , and then to forty , and then to fifty , and finally to a hundred thousand ducats ; then the Jew said , " Understand this : if you were to offer more ...
... thousand and he would not have it ; then he advanced his offer to thirty thousand , and then to forty , and then to fifty , and finally to a hundred thousand ducats ; then the Jew said , " Understand this : if you were to offer more ...
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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