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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
O, villain, thou hast stol’n both mine office and my name: the one ne’er got me credit, the other mickle blame
PLAY: The Comedy of Errors
ACT/SCENE: 3.1
SPEAKER: Dromio of Ephesus
CONTEXT:
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
What art thou that keep’st me out from the house I owe?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
The porter for this time, sir, and my name is Dromio.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
O villain, thou hast stolen both mine office and my name!
The one ne’er got me credit, the other mickle blame.
If thou hadst been Dromio today in my place,
Thou wouldst have changed thy face for a name,
Or thy name for an ass. DUTCH: Staalt gij mijn dienst en naam, gij zult het, o schurk! u beklagen;
De een bracht mij nooit crediet en de ander dikwijls slagen.
Hadt gij den heelen dag maar voor Dromio gespeeld,
Dan waren u mijne namen en klappen toebedeeld. MORE: Office=Job, position
Name=Reputation
Mickle=much, great
Compleat:
Mickle=Veel, een woord dat in ‘t Noorden van Engeland zeer gemeen is
Many a little makes a mickle=Veele kleintjes maaken een groot
Office=Dienst, ampt Topics: reputation, authority, service
What art thou that keep’st me out from the house I owe?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
The porter for this time, sir, and my name is Dromio.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
O villain, thou hast stolen both mine office and my name!
The one ne’er got me credit, the other mickle blame.
If thou hadst been Dromio today in my place,
Thou wouldst have changed thy face for a name,
Or thy name for an ass. DUTCH: Staalt gij mijn dienst en naam, gij zult het, o schurk! u beklagen;
De een bracht mij nooit crediet en de ander dikwijls slagen.
Hadt gij den heelen dag maar voor Dromio gespeeld,
Dan waren u mijne namen en klappen toebedeeld. MORE: Office=Job, position
Name=Reputation
Mickle=much, great
Compleat:
Mickle=Veel, een woord dat in ‘t Noorden van Engeland zeer gemeen is
Many a little makes a mickle=Veele kleintjes maaken een groot
Office=Dienst, ampt Topics: reputation, authority, service