Shakespeare's Othello, the Moor of Venice; With Introduction, and Notes Explanatory and Critical. for Use in Schools and Families Paperback - 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... the fifth Act, after having stabbed Roderigo. All that Cassio means to say in the present passage is, " I never experienced more honesty and kindness even in one of my own countrymen." Enter Emilia. Emil. Good morrow, good lieutenant: I am sorry For your displeasure;5 but all will sure be well. The general and his wife are talking of it; And she speaks for you stoutly: the Moor replies, That he you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus And great affinity, and that in wholesome wisdom He might not but refuse you; but he protests he loves you, And needs no other suitor but his likings To take the safest occasion by the front To bring you in again. Cas. Yet, I beseech you, --If you think fit, or that it may be done, --Give me advantage of some brief discourse With Desdemona alone. Emil. Pray you, come in: I will bestow you where you shall have time To speak your bosom freely. Cas. I'm much bound to you. Exeunt. Scene II.--A Room in the Castle. Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen. Oth. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot; And, by him, do my duties to the Senate: That done, I will be walking on the works; 6 " Your displeasure, r here means the displeasure you have incurred from Othello. An instance of the objective genitive in cases where present usage admits only the subjective genitive; that is, Othello is here regarded as the subject of the displeasure, Cassio as the object of it. Shakespeare has many similar expressions. See Hamlet, page 194, note 31. Repair there to me. Iago. Well, my good lord, I'll do't. Oth. This fortification, gentlemen, shall we see't? Gent. We'll wait upon your lordship. Exeunt. Scene III.--The Garden of the Castle. Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia. Des. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do All my abilities in thy behalf....