An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pages |
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Page 246
... made almoft the whole world wear their chains and who was then preparing to fubdue the only Empire that remained unfubjected to them . Can 1 Can there be a subject more worthy of the Tragic 246 Upon the Death of JULIUS Cæsar .
... made almoft the whole world wear their chains and who was then preparing to fubdue the only Empire that remained unfubjected to them . Can 1 Can there be a subject more worthy of the Tragic 246 Upon the Death of JULIUS Cæsar .
Page 248
... wretched Cinna of Corneille , would Brutus have ap- peared to us , if the fame feeble arts only had been exerted for him . It is for the genuine genuine fon of ancient Rome , the lover of the 248 Upon the Death of JULIUS CÆSAR .
... wretched Cinna of Corneille , would Brutus have ap- peared to us , if the fame feeble arts only had been exerted for him . It is for the genuine genuine fon of ancient Rome , the lover of the 248 Upon the Death of JULIUS CÆSAR .
Page 250
... What tributaries follow him to Rome , To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels ? You blocks , you ftones , you worse than sensele 1 things ! O you O you hard hearts ! you cruel Men of Rome 250 Upon the Death of JULIUS CÆSAR .
... What tributaries follow him to Rome , To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels ? You blocks , you ftones , you worse than sensele 1 things ! O you O you hard hearts ! you cruel Men of Rome 250 Upon the Death of JULIUS CÆSAR .
Page 255
... He thinks too much . Such men are dangerous , ANTONY . Fear him not , Cæfar , he's not dangerous ; He is a noble Roman , and well given . SAR , CÆSAR . Would he were fatter . But I fear Upon the Death of JULIUS CAESAR . 255.
... He thinks too much . Such men are dangerous , ANTONY . Fear him not , Cæfar , he's not dangerous ; He is a noble Roman , and well given . SAR , CÆSAR . Would he were fatter . But I fear Upon the Death of JULIUS CAESAR . 255.
Page 256
... CÆSAR . Would he were fatter . But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear , I do not know the man I fhould avoid , So foon as that ( pare Caffius . He reads much ; He is a great obferver ; and he looks Quite through the ...
... CÆSAR . Would he were fatter . But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear , I do not know the man I fhould avoid , So foon as that ( pare Caffius . He reads much ; He is a great obferver ; and he looks Quite through the ...
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