All 4 Uses of
sober
in
The Merchant of Venice
- Very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon when he is drunk: when he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Signior Bassanio, hear me: If I do not put on a sober habit, Talk with respect, and swear but now and then, Wear prayer-books in my pocket, look demurely, Nay more, while grace is saying, hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh, and say 'amen'; Use all the observance of civility, Like one well studied in a sad ostent To please his grandam, never trust me more.†
Scene 2.2
- Hear you me, Jessica: Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drum, And the vile squealing of the wry-neck'd fife, Clamber not you up to the casements then, Nor thrust your head into the public street To gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces; But stop my house's ears— I mean my casements; Let not the sound of shallow fopp'ry enter My sober house.†
Scene 2.5
- In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
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(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol