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Merchant of Venice
Merchant of Venice Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice. He was a usurer who had amassed an immense fortune by lending money at great interest to Christian merchants. Shylock, being a hard-…William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene V
Scene VThe same. The senate-house. The Senate sittingFirst SenatorMy lord, you have my voice to it; the fault's Bloody; 'tis necessary he should die: Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.…The Koran/Sura XXX — The Greeks
Sura XXX — The GreeksMecca — 60 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. MIM.[565] THE GREEKS have been defeated[566] In a land hard by: But after their defeat…Luke: 19
Luke Chapter 19 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And…Matthew: 25
Matthew Chapter 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 4
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 3 5 4 'How beautiful this night! the balmiest sigh, Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear, Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene…Brewer's: Devil
Represented with a cloven foot, because by the Rabbinical writers he is called seirissim (a goat). As the goat is a type of uncleanness, the prince of unclean spirits is aptly represented…Muhammad, prophet of Islam
(Encyclopedia) MuhammadMuhammadməhămˈəd [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam, one of the great figures of history, b. Mecca. The traditions concerning Muhammad's life,…Anne Bradstreet: A Dialogue between Old England and New
A Dialogue between Old England and NewNew England. Alas, dear Mother, fairest Queen and best, With honour, wealth, and peace happy and blest, What ails thee hang thy head, and cross thine…The Koran/Sura IV — Women
Sura IV — Women[1071] Medina — 175 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O MEN! fear your Lord, who hath created you of one man (nafs, soul), and of him created his…