The Merchant of VeniceHarvard University Press, 1966 - 174 pages |
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Page xliii
... usury is said to be the chief reason for Shylock's hatred.1 2 In contrast to the " Jewish problem " , the rights and wrongs of usury were a living issue to Elizabethans . There was general agree- ment that usury ( the " lending for ...
... usury is said to be the chief reason for Shylock's hatred.1 2 In contrast to the " Jewish problem " , the rights and wrongs of usury were a living issue to Elizabethans . There was general agree- ment that usury ( the " lending for ...
Page liv
... usury are also contrasted with Portia , the embodi- ment of love . Henry Smith's Examination of Usury ( 1591 ) makes this distinction : Loue seeketh not her owne , but vsurie seeketh anothers which is not her owne , ( Sig . A5 ) and ...
... usury are also contrasted with Portia , the embodi- ment of love . Henry Smith's Examination of Usury ( 1591 ) makes this distinction : Loue seeketh not her owne , but vsurie seeketh anothers which is not her owne , ( Sig . A5 ) and ...
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... usury Which happies those that pay the willing loan . Love was often spoken of in commercial terms , 1 and in these son- nets , Shakespeare sees it as a usury , where those who give and those who receive are happy and free agents , and ...
... usury Which happies those that pay the willing loan . Love was often spoken of in commercial terms , 1 and in these son- nets , Shakespeare sees it as a usury , where those who give and those who receive are happy and free agents , and ...
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