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‘NOTHING’ in Shakespeare « Nothing — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:14:55 +0000

[...] Merchant of Venice: ” but even now worth this, and now worth nothing?” (1.1.22-40); “I do know of these that therefore only are reputed wise for saying nothing ” (1.1. 79-104); “Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing” (1.1.113-118); “Her name is Portia, nothing undervalued to Cato’s daughter” (1.1.161-176); “for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing” (1.2.3-10); “that’s a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse”, ” He doth nothing but frown, as who should say ‘If you will not have me, choose” (1.2.39-57); “You know I say nothing to him, for he understands not me, nor I him” (1.2.71-82); “alas, fifteen wives is nothing! ” (2.2.64-76); “Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding” (2.5.[870]); “but if you do, then it was not for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding on Black-Monday” (2.5.11-26); “His words were ‘Farewell mistress;’ nothing else.” (2.5.41-45); “if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge” (3.1.53-67); “Where every something, being blent together, turns to a wild of nothing, save of joy, express’d and not express’d” (3.2.77-87); “Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world could turn so much the constitution of any constant man”, “Rating myself at nothing, you shall see how much I was a braggart”, “My state was nothing, I should then have told you that I was worse than nothing;” (3.2.146-174); “He shall have nothing but the penalty” (4.1.[2268]); “Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture, to be so taken at thy peril, Jew” (4.1.[2291]); “A halter gratis; nothing else, for God’s sake.” (4.1.[2328]); “I will have nothing else but only this” (4.1.2387); “Nothing is good, I see, without respect” (5.1.[2556]). [...]

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