Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms Used in the Plays, Poems and Sonnets, and a Consideration of the Criminal Types Presented. Also a Full Discussion of the Bacon-Shakespeare ControversyF.H. Thomas Law Book Company, 1913 - 524 Seiten |
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... thus reasons that a non - official oath is without effect , in 3 ' Henry VI : " Rich . An oath is of no moment being not took , Before a true and lawful magistrate , That hath authority over him that swears ; Henry had THE TEMPEST . 21.
... thus reasons that a non - official oath is without effect , in 3 ' Henry VI : " Rich . An oath is of no moment being not took , Before a true and lawful magistrate , That hath authority over him that swears ; Henry had THE TEMPEST . 21.
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... hath authority over him that swears ; Henry had none , but did usurp the place ; Then seeing ' twas he that made you to depose , Your oath , my lord , is vain and frivolous . " ( Act I , Scene II . ) Clarence thus excuses his violation ...
... hath authority over him that swears ; Henry had none , but did usurp the place ; Then seeing ' twas he that made you to depose , Your oath , my lord , is vain and frivolous . " ( Act I , Scene II . ) Clarence thus excuses his violation ...
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... hath offered to the doom , which ( unreversed ) stands in effectual force , A sea of melt- ing pearl , which some call tears , Those at her father's churlish feet , she tendered . " 1 That the word " doom " in the verse quoted , is used ...
... hath offered to the doom , which ( unreversed ) stands in effectual force , A sea of melt- ing pearl , which some call tears , Those at her father's churlish feet , she tendered . " 1 That the word " doom " in the verse quoted , is used ...
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... hath in it no profit but the name . To pay five ducats , five , I would not farm it ; Nor will it yield to Norway , or the Pole , A ranker rate , should it be sold in fee . " ( Act IV , Scene IV . ) The maid described how she had given ...
... hath in it no profit but the name . To pay five ducats , five , I would not farm it ; Nor will it yield to Norway , or the Pole , A ranker rate , should it be sold in fee . " ( Act IV , Scene IV . ) The maid described how she had given ...
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... hath most shrewdly passed upon thee ; But , when we know the grounds and authors of it , Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge Of thine own cause . " Of course this would be an unheard of legal proceeding , wherein a party was ...
... hath most shrewdly passed upon thee ; But , when we know the grounds and authors of it , Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge Of thine own cause . " Of course this would be an unheard of legal proceeding , wherein a party was ...
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Seite 380 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Seite 372 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 382 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Seite 311 - But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — VOL.
Seite 116 - Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Seite 291 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in erecting a grammar-school : and whereas, before, our fore-fathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Seite 121 - Tarry a little; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; The words expressly are ' a pound of flesh:' Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate 311 Unto the state of Venice.
Seite 171 - Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast — Lady M. What do you mean? Macb. Still it cried "Sleep no more!
Seite 119 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart. If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority : To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Seite 224 - ... unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?