 | Eamonn Jones, Jean Marlow - Performing Arts - 2002 - 180 pages
...Faustus, what would'st thou have me do? FAUSTUS I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do what ever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop...from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. MEPHASTOPHILIS I am a servant to great Lucifer, And may not follow thee without his leave; No more... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - English drama - 1998 - 550 pages
...Mephistopheles [dressed as a friar] MEPHISTOPHELES Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? FAUSTUS I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever...command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere 35 Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. MEPHISTOPHELES I am a servant to great Lucifer And may not... | |
 | Valeria Wagner - Philosophy - 1999 - 288 pages
...Similarly, at his first meeting with Mephostophilis Faustus states his desire dearly: "I charge thee to wait upon me whilst I live, /To do whatever Faustus...from her sphere /Or the ocean to overwhelm the world" (iii. 38-41; my emphasis). The extravagance of what he might desire highlights the importance of the... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - Drama - 2000 - 564 pages
...MEPHISTOPHILIS like a Franciscan Jriar MEPHISTO. Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? FAUSTUS I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever...from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. MEPHISTO. I am a servant to great Lucifer, 40 And may not follow thee without his leave: No more than... | |
 | Luke Andrew Wilson - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 388 pages
...appearance of Marlowe's Mephastophilis. Faustus. I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do what ever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop...from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. Mephastophilis. I am servant to great Lucifer, And may not follow thee without his leave; No more than... | |
 | Marion Gibson - History - 2003 - 288 pages
...Mephistopheles disguised as a friar] Mephistopheles: Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? Faustus: I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever...from her sphere Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. Mephistopheles: I am a servant to great Lucifer And may not follow thee without his leave; No more... | |
 | Angus Fletcher - History - 2007 - 204 pages
...scientific focus, defines his demand of his demonic servant, Mephistophilis: . . . Wait upon me while I live, To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it...from her sphere Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. (A-text: Ii Shortly thereafter Faustus endorses the legal deed of gift of body and soul, as he calls... | |
 | Robert Zaller - History - 2007 - 844 pages
...When Faustus initially conjures Mephistophilos, he gives two contradictory accounts of his appearance: Meph. I am a servant to great Lucifer And may not...his leave. No more than he commands must we perform. Fau. Did not he charge thee to appear to me? Meph. No, I came now hither of my own accord. (1.3.37-41)... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1970 - 90 pages
...Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS like a Franciscan friar. Meph. Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? Faust. I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever...command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, 40 Or th' ocean to ovenvhelm the world. Meph. I am a servant to great Lucifer, And may not follow thee... | |
 | F. Th Visser - English language - 1966 - 688 pages
...fere, be it when I ete or when I drynke. 1590 Marlowe, Dr. Faustus (Tauchn.) I, I charge thee . . . To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it to make...from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. | 1605 Shakesp., Lear III, vi, 69, Be thy mouth or black or white, Tooth that poisons if it bite ...... | |
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I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world. 
