 Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.  SHAKESPEARE - Page 588by BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 2003 - 156 pages
...whereof in place of which 405 cope your courteous pains withal exchange for your good services SHYLOCK Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. 370 PORTIA What mercy can you render him, Antonio? GRATIANO A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2003 - 242 pages
...state, Which humbleness may drive unto a fine. PORTIA Ay, for the state, not for Antonio. 570 SHYLOCK Nay, take my life and all ! Pardon not that ! You...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. PORTIA What mercy can you render him, Antonio ? GRATIANO. A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God's... | |
 | 1984 - 424 pages
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 | Christiane Damlos-Kinzel - 2003 - 226 pages
...wird, daß er sein gesamtes Vermögen verlieren soll, sieht er sich seiner Existenzgrundlage beraubt: "You take my house, when you do take the prop / That...life / When you do take the means whereby I live" (TV. i. 371-73). Da ihm als Juden in Venedig nur der bewegliche Besitz zugestanden wird, kommt das... | |
 | Derek Cohen - 2003 - 220 pages
...noted by the duke himself. Shylock may as well be talking for all Venetian gentry when he complains, You take my house, when you do take the prop That...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. (4, 1, 371-3) Here we have a crucial point of distinction between Shylock, the man of business of Venice,... | |
 | Frank Harris - 2004 - 332 pages
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 | Robert Ornstein - 2004 - 318 pages
...state and half to Antonio. Shylock, however, sees the fallacy in the Duke's "mercy," as he cries out: Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that! You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. At this point Portia turns to Antonio, inquiring after the mercy he can show Shylock. Antonio's mercy... | |
 | Richard Malim - 2004 - 380 pages
...fades as the scene progresses and the characters revert to their individuality, with Shylock's cry, Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that. You take...my life When you do take the means whereby I live. This has been held up as further damning evidence of Shylock's fundamental materialism: life equals... | |
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