 | S. P. Cerasano - 2004 - 228 ページ
...will 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 - 2005 - 296 ページ
...Shylock's 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2006 - 212 ページ
...authority. To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel divel of his will. 215 Portia It must not be, there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established.112 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error by the same example1 13 Will... | |
 | Kieran Dolin - 2007 - 26 ページ
...the loss of 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. 
