 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 pagina’s
...as they are. The present reading, which is the reading of the folio, has more force. JOHNSON. 537. of one, whose hand, Like the base Indian threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; — ] I have restored J-udian, from the elder quarto, as the genuine and more eligible reading. Mr.... | |
 | 1842 - 590 pagina’s
...nothing.extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice — then must you speak Of one not easily jealous — but whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe— of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 410 pagina’s
...dost speak masterly." The player who dismissed this short passage, in the language of Othello — ' ' Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe." And that, as it should seem, merely to relieve the gentlemen in the orchestra from the trouble of playing... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1842 - 566 pagina’s
...extenuate, Of one not easily jealous—but whose hand, Nor set down aught in malice—then must you speak Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe—of one whose subdued eyes, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Albeit unused to the melting... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 652 pagina’s
...the quarto, 1622, reads Judean or Indian, but there can be no doubt that Indian is there the word. The meaning is very clear, the allusion obscure ;...referred to some known fable of the time, now lost. Theobald contended for a reference to the Btory of Herod and Mariamue. It was formerly thought that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 646 pagina’s
...the quarto, 1622, reads Jadean or Indian, but there can be no doubt that Indian is there the word. The meaning is very clear, the allusion obscure ;...referred to some known fable of the time, now lost. Theobald contended for a reference to the story of Herod and Mariamne. It was formerly thought that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pagina’s
...but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one, whose hand, I02 OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE. Like the base Indian , threw a pearl away , Richer than all his tribe ; of one, whose subdued eyes , Albeit unused to the melting mood , Drop tears as fast as the Arabian... | |
 | William John Birch - 1848 - 570 pagina’s
...bombastic style. Great has been the perplexity of the critics over the passage. Speaking of himself: — Of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe. The quarto reads Indian, but the folio Judean. We incline to the explanation that has its foundation in... | |
 | Robert Douglas - 1848 - 350 pagina’s
...malice : then must you speak Speak of me as I am—nothing extenuate, Of one not easily jealous, but whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe—of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 398 pagina’s
...too, in the mouth of a lady's woman ! KOTES ON OTHELLO. Act. v. last scene. Othello's speech : — Of one, whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe, &c. Theobald's note from Warburton. Thus it is for no-poets to comment on the greatest of poets ! To... | |
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Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe... 
