...the lost colony is art and understanding, not conquest. Our natures do pursue, Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 10 THE LIE Sir Walter Ralegh rose by defying his enemies in battle, courting...

...vowel sounds within words in a line, sometimes for poetic effect or, as here, to reinforce a point: 'Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.' (Act 1 scene 2 lines 121-122, page 17) (Here there is alliteration as well, to emphasise the point.)...

...liberty, my Lucio. Liberty, As surfeit, is the father of much fast; So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, Like rats...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. 午因於自由太多， 魯西歐。 自由， 如脹飽， 是嚴格禁食之父; 世上凡事若是過份過量...

...de la obra, no podemos saberlo, aunque esa es la conclusión implícita de The end ofkinship [El 2. Our natures do pursue, / Like rats that ravin down...bane, / A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die. [I. ii. 120-22] f1nal del parentesco] (1988) de Marc Shell, el mejor estudio completo de Medida por...

...alternative. 86 In the very course of reproaching himself, Claudio's language betrays a trace of this: "Our natures do pursue, / Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, / a thirsty evil" (1.2.120—2). Traversi in An Approach to Shakespeare (vol. 2) provides an especially useful analysis...

...live in the earthly city, the city of self-love, as Claudio recognizes, every scope by immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, Like rats...proper bane, A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die. (I.ii.131-34) Othello [12 March 1947] Between the ages of 40 and 44, Shakespeare wrote his great tragedies....

...This way of speaking becomes still more convenient in the chapters that follow. 6 ARE RATS GLUTTONS? Our natures do pursue Like rats that ravin down their...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure If rats do think, it must often be about food. Like other rodents,...

...from bearing fruitliterally from attending seriously to his friends when they turn to him in trouble. 'If I could speak so wisely under an arrest, I would send for certain of my creditors', he jests when Claudio speaks sadly to him of his offense (i, ii, 117-8). His response to Isabella after...

...and sentenced to die for unrestrained behavior, laments: Our natures do pursue, Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. (I.ii. 120-22) In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare shows the Duke wrestling with the obligations he...

...liberty, my Lucio, liberty: As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, Like rats...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. Wentersdorf says of this passage that "[u]nless these lines are spoken ironically, a possible but unlikely...