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Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem’st so empty? ORLANDO. You touch’d my vein at first: the thorny point Of bare distress hath ta’en from me the show Of smooth civility: yet am I inland bred And know some nurture. But forbear, I say: He dies that touches any of this fruit Till I and my affairs are answered ...
31 lip 2015 · Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone….
A motley fool. A miserable world! As I do live by food, I met a fool, Who laid him down and basked him in the sun. And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, and yet a motley fool. “Good morrow, fool,” quoth I. “No, sir,” quoth he, “Call me not ‘fool’ till heaven hath sent me fortune.”.
Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem'st so empty? ORLANDO: You touch'd my vein at first: the thorny point: Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show: Of smooth civility: yet am I inland bred: And know some nurture. But forbear, I say: He dies that touches any of this fruit: Till I and my affairs are answered ...
Jaques calls Orlando a "cock" (no kidding) and Duke Senior asks whether Orlando is distressed or just raised to have no manners. Orlando is hell-bent on stabbing somebody if they eat, though the Duke insists he should take it easy.
Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem'st so empty? 990; Orlando. You touch'd my vein at first: the thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred, And know some nurture. But forbear, I say; He dies that touches any of this fruit 995 Till I and my affairs are answered.
Or else a rude despiser of good manners, Or else a rude despiser of good manners, rude (adj.) impolite, offensive: AYL II.vii.93: That in ciuility thou seem'st so emptie? ... There is an old poor man : AYL II.vii.130: Who after me, hath many a weary steppe: Who after me hath many a weary step : AYL II.vii.131:
