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" 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... "
H.A. Taine, ed. with Engl. notes and intr. notice by H. van Laun ... - Page 134
by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1869
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...howl at the moon. " Nor watchful dogs bajrk at the sikat moon," is a line of Dryden's. '. I'd rather be a dog, and bay the moon, " Than such a Roman." SHAKSPEARE. Afolest her ancient solitary reign . — disturb her from her accustomed seat. The owl, by residing...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...base bribes? And sell the mighty meed of our large honours For so much trash , as may be grasped thus? I had rather be a dog , and bay the moon , Than such a Roman. Cos. Brutus , bay not me , I'll not endure it; you forget yourself, To hedge me in ; I am a soldier...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus?— I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Cas. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it: you forget yourself, To hedge me in; I am a soldier, I,...
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For as much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. JULIUS CJE-SAR.Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state A Being darkly wise and rudely great ; With...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus ?— I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Cos. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it: you forget yourself, To hedge me in; 5 I am a soldier,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Cas. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it: you forget yourself, To hedge me in ;5 I am a soldier,...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...still more astonished at the question at the end of Mr. Malone's note. P. 91 — 387.— 355. Bru. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Cos. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it. I think Mr. Steevens has clearly shown that bay is the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 318 pages
...unintelligible answers to very reasonable questions. STEEVENS. •" nice offence — ] Tri/2ing offence. 81 I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.] The poets and common people, who generally think and speak alike, suppose the dog bays the moon out...
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Essays: On the Following Subjects: Celibacy, Wedlock, Seduction, Pride ...

Edward Barry - Conduct of life - 1806 - 244 pages
...bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours, Fo so much trash, as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Romas," Juliut CVw, A. 4. Sc. 3. E-SSAY XI. "•••* GENEROSITY*. •;'• excellent adage, which...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus t — erd and Letterman ... [and 11 others] Cos. Brutus, bay not nte, I'll not endure it: you forget vourself, To hedge me in * ; I am a soldier,...
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