Julius CaesarClarendon Press, 1885 - 203 pages |
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... Coriolanus , Julius Cæsar , and Antony and Cleopatra - would never have existed , or , had Shakespeare lighted by chance on these arguments , would have existed in forms altogether different from those in which they now appear , if ...
... Coriolanus , Julius Cæsar , and Antony and Cleopatra - would never have existed , or , had Shakespeare lighted by chance on these arguments , would have existed in forms altogether different from those in which they now appear , if ...
Page xlv
... Coriolanus no less - is to be found in Plutarch . Shakespeare indeed has thrown a rich mantle of poetry over all , which is often wholly his own ; but of the incident there is almost nothing which he does not owe to Plutarch , even as ...
... Coriolanus no less - is to be found in Plutarch . Shakespeare indeed has thrown a rich mantle of poetry over all , which is often wholly his own ; but of the incident there is almost nothing which he does not owe to Plutarch , even as ...
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... ( Coriolanus , i . 8. 8 ) , and ' Lethe wharf ' ( Hamlet , i . 5. 33 ) . Ib . weep your tears , shed your tears . This transitive use of ' weep ' is not common . See Love's Labour's Lost , iv . 3. 33 : ' Thou shinest in every tear that I ...
... ( Coriolanus , i . 8. 8 ) , and ' Lethe wharf ' ( Hamlet , i . 5. 33 ) . Ib . weep your tears , shed your tears . This transitive use of ' weep ' is not common . See Love's Labour's Lost , iv . 3. 33 : ' Thou shinest in every tear that I ...
Page 88
... Coriolanus , iii . 1. 58 : The people are abused ; set on . ' And Measure for Measure , iii . 1. 61 : ' Therefore your best appointment make with speed ; To - morrow you set on . ' Ib . leave no ceremony out . This is in accordance with ...
... Coriolanus , iii . 1. 58 : The people are abused ; set on . ' And Measure for Measure , iii . 1. 61 : ' Therefore your best appointment make with speed ; To - morrow you set on . ' Ib . leave no ceremony out . This is in accordance with ...
Page 97
... Coriolanus , ii . 1. 102 : ' Yet you must be saying , Marcus is proud ; who , in a cheap estim- ation , is worth all your predecessors since Deucalion . ' 153. famed with , rendered famous by . See iii . 1. 42 . 155. her wide walls . So ...
... Coriolanus , ii . 1. 102 : ' Yet you must be saying , Marcus is proud ; who , in a cheap estim- ation , is worth all your predecessors since Deucalion . ' 153. famed with , rendered famous by . See iii . 1. 42 . 155. her wide walls . So ...
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Page 51 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is : But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend ; and that they know full well That gave me publick leave to speak of him.
Page 47 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Page 48 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins...
Page 50 - Cassius* dagger through : See what a rent the envious Casca made : Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd ; And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar...
Page 2 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey ? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 7 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 71 - No, Cassius, no: think not, thou noble Roman, That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome; He bears too great a mind. But this same day Must end that work the ides of March begun; And whether we shall meet again I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take: For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then, this parting was well made.
Page 60 - O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast: within, a heart Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold: If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth: I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart: Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.
Page 8 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name ; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well ; Weigh them, it is as heavy ; conjure with them, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 78 - Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet in all my life I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. So, fare you well at once; for Brutus...