 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 568 psl.
...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 - 444 psl.
...[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...it to you, you chaste stars ! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of her's than snow, And smooth as monumental... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 750 psl.
...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 psl.
...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...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... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 psl.
...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 psl.
...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 psl.
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 psl.
...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, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 572 psl.
...resolution 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 is the cause." Mr. Steevens adds, that " Othello full of horror at the cruel... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 psl.
...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 ! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood ; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental... | |
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