"Benedick" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Arragon. Don John, his bastard brother. Claudio, a young lord of Florence, favourite of Don Pedro. Benedick, a young lord of Padua, favourite likewise of Don Pedro. Leonato, governor of Messina. Antonio, his brother. Balthazar, servant to Don Pedro. Borachio, follower of Don John. Conrade, follower of Don John. Dogberry, ...
— Much Ado About Nothing • William Shakespeare [Knight edition]
... material of his plots, such stories as were most commonly known, that he might have some tie of popular association and interest to work in aid of his purpose. It is to be observed, further, that the parts of Benedick and Beatrice, of Dogberry and Verges, and of several other persons, are altogether original with him; so that he stands responsible for all the wit and humour, and for nearly all the character, of the play. Then ...
— Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. • H. N. Hudson
... (one of the most lucky days which the English workman ever saw), the trade of the mob-orator has dwindled down to such last shifts as these, to which the working man sensibly seems merely to answer, as he goes quietly about his business, "Why will you still keep talking, Signor Benedick? ...
— Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet • Rev. Charles Kingsley et al
... attachment to her cousin. When the father of Hero believes the tale of her guilt; when Claudio, her lover, without remorse or a lingering doubt, consigns her to shame; when the Friar remains silent, and the generous Benedick himself knows not what to say, Beatrice, confident in her affections, and guided only by the impulses of her own feminine heart, sees through the inconsistency, the impossibility of the charge, and ...
— Characteristics of Women - Moral, Poetical, and Historical • Anna Jameson
... Shakspeare. There man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions, which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn. What is Hamlet's ruling passion? Or Othello's? Or Harry the Fifth's? Or Wolsey's? Or Lear's? Or Shylock's? Or Benedick's? Or Macbeth's? Or that of Cassius? Or that of Falconbridge? But we might go on for ever. Take a single example-Shylock. Is he so eager for money as to be indifferent to revenge? Or so eager for revenge as to be indifferent to money? ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay |
