The Leger exhibits at one view the accounts with an individual, as it contains on the Dr. [debt] side whatever he has received, and on the Cr. [credit] side whatever he has paid. […] Let each account be posted from the Day Book in its proper place in the Leger. If a mistake be made, let it be corrected by an account in the Day Book, clearly stating the correction, and then let this account be posted in its proper place in the Leger, that no blot or erasure may disfigure its pages.

Shylock's famous line 'My daughter! O my ducats' (2.7.15) is frequently used to isolate and opprobriate him.

In this connection it would be of interest to X-irradiate portions of whole blood labeled with C¹⁴ or N¹⁵ in the hemoglobin molecule.

He then poured some wine for me to taste, and harassed me with perfunctory courtesies that had to be acknowledged.