Vulgar words in Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice - Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. (Page 1)
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[9] O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing; when I am very sure, If they should speak, 'twould almost damn those ears [10] Which, hearing them, would call their brothers fools.
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So that he desires his may be the fool's or buffoon's part, which was a constant character in the old farces; from whence came the phrase, to play the fool .-WARBURTON.
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[10] -'twould almost damn, those ears ; The author's meaning is this:-That some people are thought wise whilst they keep silence; who, when they open their mouths, are such stupid praters, that the hearers cannot help calling them fools , and so incur the judgment denounced in the Gospel.-THEOBALD.
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She is damn'd for it.
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O, be thou damn'd inexorable dog!