...swear the jest be laughable, (li51-6) Similarly, Gratiano contrasts his own happy, hedonistic self with 'a sort of men whose visages / Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, / And do a willful stillness entertain' (88-90). Portia's portrait of the Count Palentine - 'He hears merry tales...

...jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what AntonioI love thee, and it is my love that speaksThere are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle...standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, 90 Gratiano continues to warn Antonio not to adopt a false pose of silence, in order to be regarded as...

...Sleep when he wakes? and creep into the jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio, — I Tor some dishonest manners of their life, Г ,: ablisht then With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, "I...

...the jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio I love thee, and 'tis my love that speaks 10 There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and...standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, 15 As who should say...

...66. In act 1, scene 1, of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (lines 88-94) Gratiano describes ... a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a willful stillness entertain With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit...

...moiety of the p Grat. II 88 thee what, Antonio — / I love thee, and it is my love that Grat . II 88 love thee, and it is my love that speaks-- / There are a Grat. VI 145 / Since you do take it, love, so much at heart Grat. IV. I 295 wife, whom, I protest,...

...sober brow / Will bless it and approved it with a text' (3.2.77-9), and by Graziano, who speaks of 'a sort of men whose visages / Do cream and mantle...standing pond, / And do a wilful stillness entertain' (1.1.88-90). Such a wilful stillness is shown by Sir Oliver when, in response to the frivolity of Touchstone,...

...being peevish ! I tell thee what, Antonio ! I love thee, and it is my Love that speaks ; There,are a sort of Men, whose Visages Do cream and mantle, like a standing Pond; And do a willful Stillness entertain, Screwing their Faces in a politick Form, To cheat Observers with a false...

...jaundice By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio, — 1 love thee, and it is my love that speaks5 — of the flood, Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea, — Do overpeer With purpose to be drest in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, 'I...

...they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. Solanio— MV Li There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a willful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound...