 Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them : — shall I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs ? Why sweat they under burdens ? let their beds Be made as soft as yours,...  Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice - Page 114by William Shakespeare - 1903 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Keir Elam - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 360 pages
...Make no more offers, use no farther means . . . Shy. . . . shall I say to you, Let them be free . . . you will answer 'The slaves are ours' - so do I answer you: The pound of flesh which / demand of him Is dearly bought, 'tis mine and I will have it: If you deny me, fie upon your law!... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 244 pages
...Portia act in their own interests, each asserting the primacy of his or her bond. Shylock declares: The pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought, 'tis mine and I will have it. (4.1.99-100) His words echo Portia's description of Bassanio as ' dear... | |
 | Michael Nerlich - History - 1987 - 282 pages
...say to you, "Let them be free! Marry them to your heirs! Why sweat they under burdens? let their beds Be made as soft as yours and let their palates Be...ours." So do I answer you: The pound of flesh, which 1 demand of him, Is dearly bought; 'tis mine and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law!... | |
 | Ludwig Schajowicz - Drama - 1990 - 400 pages
...say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under burdens? Let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be...answer you: The pound of flesh which I demand of him, I dearly bought; 'tis mine and I will have it.28 Este es, en efecto, un grave reproche, con el que... | |
 | Lars Engle - Drama - 1993 - 284 pages
...say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under burthens? let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be...with such viands? you will answer "The slaves are ours,"—so do I answer you: The pound of flesh which 1 demand of him Is dearly bought, 'tis mine and... | |
 | John Gross - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 404 pages
...sweat they under burdens? Let their beds Re made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be seasoned with such viands"? You will answer, "The slaves are ours." So do I answer you. The pound offesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought; 'tis mine, and I will have it. This is not an argument... | |
 | John Gillies - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 312 pages
...sweat they under burdens? Let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be seasoned with such viands.' You will answer, 'The slaves are ours.' So do I answer you. (4.1.89-96) Shylock's facility with 'voices' allows him to conjure up an entire underclass of 'slaves',... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under burdens? let their beds stand far off. CITIZENS. Stand back; room; bear back....ANTONIUS. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. 'tis mine, and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law! There is no force in the decrees... | |
 | Lenora Ledwon - Law and literature - 1996 - 524 pages
...sweat they under burdens? Let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be seasoned with such viands"? You will answer, "The slaves are...pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought, is mine, and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law! There is no force in the decrees of... | |
 | Richard Halpern - Drama - 1997 - 308 pages
...to you, "Let them be free! Marry them to your heirs! Why sweat they under burthens? Let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be...pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought as mine, and I will have it. (4.1.90-100) This speech is a nodal point in which several of the play's... | |
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