 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 页
...heart; If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And, I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority; To do a great right,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. 1 suit: prosecution, legal action 2 impugn: call into question 3 strain'd: diluted 4 seasons: mixes... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - 2000 - 254 页
...contrast is dealt with in the exchange between Bassanio and 'Balthazar', in which Bassanio begs: Wrest once the law to your authority. To do a great right,...little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. (4.1.212-14) - and Portia, as Balthazar, replies: It must not be. There is no power in Venice Can alter... | |
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I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong,... 
