 In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There...  Notes and Queries - Pagina 3291872Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pagina’s
...fancy's knell: I'll begin it, Kng, dong, bell. All. Ding, dong, bell, Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with...law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, "What damned error, but some... | |
 | Michael Nerlich - 1987 - 282 pagina’s
...direct answer to the chorus: So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some... | |
 | Marc Shell - 1993 - 264 pagina’s
...speech and dress, now learns to say that, or act as though, he dismisses them. So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? (3- 2- 73-77) Bassanio thus criticizes deceivers who use ornament to their evil purpose, perhaps as... | |
 | Rodney R. Jones - 1993 - 224 pagina’s
...dismayed to learn that this method of settling disputes had been abolished in 1819. POETIC JUSTICE "In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?" WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, MERCHANT OF VENICE (HI, it, 74) Poetic justice: a lawyer with his tongue cut out.... | |
 | John Gross - 1994 - 404 pagina’s
...before he makes his choice among the caskets, and the first example he gives comes from the courtroom: In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But being seasoned with a gracious vo1ce, Obscures the show of evil? This would be an odd point to make if we were meant to look at it... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1995 - 203 pagina’s
...she showed no more joy at having secured a station, to which he knew so many had aspired. CHAPTER XII The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? Merchant of Venice Jane entered upon the... | |
 | Naomi Conn Liebler - 1995 - 290 pagina’s
...when Bassanio chooses the right casket: In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season 'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? (III.ii.75-80)... | |
 | Francis Paul Prucha - 1995 - 1402 pagina’s
...earnestness, and eloquence, might be met with the much quoted question: "What plea so tainted and corrupted, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil; what damned error, but some sober brow will bless it and approve it with a text?"61 This was enough... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pagina’s
...knell; I'll bepin it. — Ding, dong, belL All. Ding, dong, belL BASSANIO. So may the outward shows ome; And come, Egeus; season 'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some... | |
 | Stephen Bretzius - 1997 - 180 pagina’s
...when, in a wholly other context and on the level of form, Bassanio rejects the gold casket because "In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt / But, being...with a gracious voice, / Obscures the show of evil?" (3.2.75-77), adding: "Look on beauty, / And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight" (88-89). In... | |
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