 | William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt - 1852 - 566 страници
...you ; Only, this one :— Lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guardt with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : Hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. [Exeunt. SCENE V.—A Nunnery.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 страници
...enchantingly beloved. 10— i. 1. 15. He is precise; Stands at a guards with envy ; scarce confesses, That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. 5 — i. 4. 16. My blood hath been too cold and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignities,... | |
 | Frederick Burwick - 2010 - 357 страници
...stone. (gloss to Knight 366) Duke: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (Measure for Measurr, I.iii.50-54)... | |
 | Wolfgang Clemen - 1987 - 232 страници
...blood. The duke said of him: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence shall we see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (I.iii.50-5) The adjective... | |
 | Charles A. Hallett, Elaine S. Hallett - 1991 - 248 страници
...Claudio. Shakespeare adds a reversal that has nothing to do with Claudio: Angelo, who "scarce confesses / That his blood flows: or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone," discovers at the close of this sequence that his "sense breeds" - he conceives a passion for... | |
 | Frangois Laroque - 1993 - 444 страници
...he paints of him (i, iii, 50-3): Lord Angelo is precise, Stands at guard with envy, scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone . . . As the OED notes, the adjective 'precise' was then synonymous with 'Puritan'. 34. Twelfth... | |
 | Janet Adelman - 1992 - 396 страници
...Withdrawing from visible authority, the Duke — and the play — set out to test Angelo's refusal to confess that "his blood flows; or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone" (1.3.52-53), claims exaggerated in Lucio's comic contention that his "blood / Is very snow-broth"... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 страници
...skepticism verging on disdain: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence we shall see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. (1.3.50-54) One can only conclude... | |
 | Lawrence J. Ross - 1997 - 194 страници
...arrests us with "Only this one:" Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with Envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows; or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Hence shall we see If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Exeunt. (50-54) One may well... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 страници
...creation" (3.2.106-8). And as the Duke himself says about Angelo, he is one who "scarce confesses / That his blood flows, or that his appetite / Is more to bread than stone" (1.3.50-53). These images of metal, stone, and coldness work to define Angelo as an inanimate... | |
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Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. 
