 | Ilona B. Nickels, Thomas P. Carr - 2004 - 134 страници
...addenda by William T. Roy Kenneth Sprankle Paul M. Wilson BASSANIO: And I beseech you wrest once the law to your authority: to do a great right; do a little wrong. PORTIA: It must not be; * * * twill be recorded for a precedent, and many an error by the same example... | |
 | S. P. Cerasano - 2004 - 211 страници
...not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down17 truth. And, I beseech you, 210 Wrest once18 the law to your authority. To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. PORTIA It must not be. There is no power in Venice Can alter... | |
 | Daniel Kornstein - 1994 - 274 страници
...definition of law. Asking Portia to make an exception, Bassanio begs: And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority. To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. (4.1.211-14) Bassanio here seems to concede that it would be... | |
 | Kieran Dolin - 2007
...a life. Bassanio appeals to Portia for what Aristotle calls 'a special ordinance': 'Wrest once the law to your authority; / To do a great right, do a little wrong' (4.1.211—12). Portia's appeal for mercy likewise draws on the discourse of equity: T have spoke thus... | |
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And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will. 
