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Title: Shakespeare's comedy of The merchant of Venice
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910, ed
Subjects: Shylock (Fictitious character) Jews Moneylenders
Publisher: New York, Harper and brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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THE GOODWIN SANDS, DURING A STORM. 9. Knapped. Snapped, broke up. The word occurs in Ps. xlvi. 9(Prayer-Book version): He knappeth the spear in sunder. Gingerwas a favourite condiment with old people. 24. The^ wings^ etc. The boys clothes she wore when she eloped. 1;:^. Match. Bargain, compact. Cf. Cymb. iii. 6. 30: t is our match, etc. 148 NOTES. 35. Smug. Spruce, trim. Cf. Lear^ iv. 6. 202 : a smug bridegroom.43. Half a million. That is, ducats. 57. It sJndl go hard, etc. I will spare no effort to outdo you in whatyou teach me. 63. Matched. That is, matched with them, found to match them. 74 Why, so. Well, well. Cf. Rick. 11. ii. 2. ^q, etc. 100. My turquoise. The folio reads, my Turkies. Marvellous prop-erties were ascribed to this * Turkey-stone. Its colour was said tochange with the health of the wearer. Cf. Ben Jonson, Seja?ius : ** And true as Turkise in the deare lords ring,Looke well or ill with him. And Fenton (Secret Wonders of Nature, 1569) says: The Turkeys dothmove when

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