 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 sidor
...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 sidor
...[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...not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of her's than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. , [Takes off his sword. Yet she must die, else... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 sidor
...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 sidor
...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...hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. [Takes off his sword. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 sidor
...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 me not name it to you, you chaste stars I—- It is the cause. I think Dr. Johnson has misapprehended the meaning of this passage, which is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 sidor
...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 sidor
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 sidor
...some yellow, like honey, marked with veins. The ancients used it to make boxes for perfumes. Savory. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of her's than snow. And smooth as monumental alabaster. Sliaksf. A'LABASTEK. adj. Made of alabaster. I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 sidor
...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 - 1807 - 344 sidor
...II. — A Bed-chamber: DESDEMONA in bed asleep. A light burning. SCENE II. THE MOOR OF VENICE. . 117 Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! —...hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. , [Takes off his sword. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then... | |
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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. Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. 
