 | Theodor Meron - 1998 - 257 pages
...merit was more important than nobility of birth. Petruccio underlines the importance of merit: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich, And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. (The Taming of the Shrew, IV.iii.170-72) King Simonides makes... | |
 | David L. Larsen - 644 pages
...and Rhetoric," in Bloom, ed., Othello, 1 16. 6. 3.8 THE TAMIXG OF THE SHREW: STRUGGLE OF DOMESTICITY 'Tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers... | |
 | Leeds Barroll - 2001 - 292 pages
...labors. Finally, Petruchio decides that they will proceed to her father's house in their old clothes: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich, And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. (166-68) In the light of his previous manipulations, Petruchio's... | |
 | Peter Quennell, Hamish Johnson - 2002 - 246 pages
...tailor, Petruchio explains the point of his antics: Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich. And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin - 2001 - 40 pages
...appearances do not matter. Petruchio on appearances Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...father's, Even in these honest mean habiliments: Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; For illiam Shakespeare honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 240 pages
...your father's Even in these honest mean habiliments; Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. (1v, iii, 165-70) The tone is different from Sonnet 146, but the... | |
 | Laurie Maguire - 2003 - 260 pages
...restated in the next act when he insists that they travel to her father's house in old clothes: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the...the darkest clouds, So honor peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is... | |
 | Aaron Landau - 2004 - 200 pages
...settings-forth occur in the play. In the first Petruchio states their humble attire means no shame: "For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; / And as the...darkest clouds, / So honor peereth in the meanest habit" (4.33.172-174). Doing so recalls the theme Both contain significant echoes to the language of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 228 pages
...father's 165 Even in these honest mean habiliments.91 Our purses shall be proud,92 our garments poor. For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich. And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honor peereth93 in the meanest habit. 1 70 What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers... | |
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tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel,... 
