The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others, Volume 8H. Durell, 1817 |
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... Roman manners , seem to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius . JOHNSON . Decius Brutus is put in the following play for Decimus Brutus . The poet ( as Voltaire has done since ) confounds the characters of Marcus and Decimus ...
... Roman manners , seem to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius . JOHNSON . Decius Brutus is put in the following play for Decimus Brutus . The poet ( as Voltaire has done since ) confounds the characters of Marcus and Decimus ...
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... Romans Mark him , and write his speeches in their books , Alas ! it cried , Give me some drink , Titinius , As a sick ... Roman Empire ; their citizens set themselves on a footing with kings , and they called their dominion Orbis Romanus ...
... Romans Mark him , and write his speeches in their books , Alas ! it cried , Give me some drink , Titinius , As a sick ... Roman Empire ; their citizens set themselves on a footing with kings , and they called their dominion Orbis Romanus ...
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... . Fear him not , Cæsar , he's not dangerous ; He is a noble Roman , and well given . [ 8 ] That is , Lucius Junius Brutus . [ 9 ] A ferret has red eyes . JOHNSON . - Cas . ' Would he were fatter : -But ACT 1 . 15 JULIUS CESAR .
... . Fear him not , Cæsar , he's not dangerous ; He is a noble Roman , and well given . [ 8 ] That is , Lucius Junius Brutus . [ 9 ] A ferret has red eyes . JOHNSON . - Cas . ' Would he were fatter : -But ACT 1 . 15 JULIUS CESAR .
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... Roman . Enter CASSIUS . Cas . Casca , by your voice . [ Exit CICERO . Casca . Your ear is good . Cassius , what night is this ? Cas . A very pleasing night to honest men . Casca . Who ever knew the heavens menace so ? Cas . Those , that ...
... Roman . Enter CASSIUS . Cas . Casca , by your voice . [ Exit CICERO . Casca . Your ear is good . Cassius , what night is this ? Cas . A very pleasing night to honest men . Casca . Who ever knew the heavens menace so ? Cas . Those , that ...
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... Romans are but sheep : He were no lion , were not Romans hinds . Those that with haste will make a mighty fire , Begin it with weak straws : What trash is Rome , What rubbish , and what offal , when it serves For the base matter to ...
... Romans are but sheep : He were no lion , were not Romans hinds . Those that with haste will make a mighty fire , Begin it with weak straws : What trash is Rome , What rubbish , and what offal , when it serves For the base matter to ...
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Page 54 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
Page 46 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 23 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The Genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council ; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 55 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well: for mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say "better"?
Page 11 - Help me, Cassius, or I sink.' I, as ./Eneas, our great ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear ; so, from the waves of Tiber...
Page 47 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent ; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Page 60 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 45 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears : I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 48 - Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops.
Page 56 - I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection: I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?