 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 pages
...to undo, to ruin, to destroy. See Midsummer Kig/ifs Dream, aft v. line 374. and note. STEEVENS. 140. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul Let me not name it ] The abruptness of this soliloquy makes it obscure. The meaning, I think, is this : " I am here (says... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...[Exeunt. s Undoes. SCENE II. A Bedchamber: DESDEMONA in bed asleep. A Light burning. Enter OTHELLO. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of her's than snow,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...or fordoes me quite.] To fordo is to undo, to rain, to destroy. STEEVENS. ACT V. SCENE II. Line 165. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it — ] The abruptness of this soliloquy makes it obscure. The meaning, I think, is this : — I am here... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...fordoes me quite. SCENE II. A BEDCHAMBER: DESDEMONA IN BED ASLEEP. A LIGHT BURNING. Enter Othello. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...the reading of the folio, gentlemen, to that of the quarto, gentlewoman. P. 724.— 619.— 628. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let...it to you, you chaste stars I—- It is the cause. I think Dr. Johnson has misapprehended the meaning of this passage, which is rightly explained by Mr.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...quite.8 [Exeunt. SCENE II. A Bedchamber: DESDEMONA in bed asleep. A Light burning. Enter OTHELLO. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it9 to you, you chaste stars! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...quite.8 [Exeunt. SCENE II. A Bedchamber: DESDEMONA in bed asleep. A Light burning. Enter OTHELLO. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it9 to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...to do justice? Is it the dread of shedding "blood? No ; it is not the action that shocks me, " but it is the cause, it is the cause, my soul; let me not " name it to you, ye chaste stars! it w the cause." JOHNSON. Othello, full of horror at the cruel action which he is... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...resolution to do justice ? Is it the dread of shedding blood ? No ; it is not the action that shocks me, but it is the cause, it is the cause, my soul ; let me not name it to you, ye chaste stars! it is the cause." — Mr. Steevens adds, that " Othello full of horror at the cruel... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 440 pages
...II. Cyprus. A Bedchamber in the Castle. OESWEMONA in Bed, asleep. Enter OTHELIQ, with a Light. Oth. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. — Yet I'll not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,... | |
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It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. 
