...content ourself with one more example : "In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ?...sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text c " One would suppose that the " meanest capacity " could comprehend this passage ; not so believed...

...: Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, Ding dong, Ml. All. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. — So ؁ . ' 3 ݭ 0, lint, being seasou'd with a gracious t voice, . Obscures the show of evil ? In religion. What damned...

...Let us all ring fancy's knell ; I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell. All. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world...the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice (17) so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts : How many cowards, whose hearts...

...Let us all ring fancy's knell ; I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell. Att. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world...Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice(17) so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts : How many cowards, whose...

...hypocritical quotations from Scripture. We see it in the following lines from The Merchant of Venice: "In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow...a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament." And again: "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness Is like...

...with a smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart." A friend of Antonio echoes that insight: "In religion, what damned error but some sober brow...approve it with a text, hiding the grossness with fair ornament?"17 Jesus must also have found sentiments expressed in other psalms to be contrary to acceptable...

...when Bassanio chooses the right casket: In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season 'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?...with a text Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? (III.ii.75-80) These lines concentrate for us the full context in which the play's action occurs, the...

...having secured a station, to which he knew so many had aspired. CHAPTER XII The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt,...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? Merchant of Venice Jane entered upon the duties of her new vocation with more energy and interest than...

...all know that isolated verses fit with anything. Shakespeare put it well in the Merchant of Venice: "In religion, what damned error, but some sober brow...a text, hiding the grossness with fair ornament?" The rationalistic method of determining truth cannot be distinguished in principle at all from liberalism,...

...legal artistry provides the ultimate answer to those sceptics like Bassanio who oppugn the law: So may the outward shows be least themselves, The world...with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? (m, ii, 73-7) Portia's judgement is brilliant because she demonstrates that equity cuts through the...