Julius Caesar: With Introduction, Notes, and Questions for ReviewScott, Foresman and Company, 1916 - 205 pages |
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... body of Cæsar was fulfilled . ( See III . i . 270. ) 6. Finally , to quarrel with the poet for not calling the play " Brutus " would be as absurd as to quarrel with Milton for not calling his immortal epic " Satan " instead of ...
... body of Cæsar was fulfilled . ( See III . i . 270. ) 6. Finally , to quarrel with the poet for not calling the play " Brutus " would be as absurd as to quarrel with Milton for not calling his immortal epic " Satan " instead of ...
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... body the ruins of the noblest man , That ever lived in the tide of times . - III . i . 256 . and of which Antony prophesies : And Cæsar's spirit , ranging for revenge , With Ate by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines ...
... body the ruins of the noblest man , That ever lived in the tide of times . - III . i . 256 . and of which Antony prophesies : And Cæsar's spirit , ranging for revenge , With Ate by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines ...
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... body ; he who had been- weak now rises pure in spirit , strong and terrible , and avenges himself upon the conspirators . The contrast between the weakness of Cæsar's bodily presence in the first half of the play , and the might of his ...
... body ; he who had been- weak now rises pure in spirit , strong and terrible , and avenges himself upon the conspirators . The contrast between the weakness of Cæsar's bodily presence in the first half of the play , and the might of his ...
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... , and must bend his body , If Cæsar carelessly but nod on him.-I. ii . 115 . * Skeat , Walter William , born at London , 1835. A noted English philologist . L He cannot endure that a man of such feeble constitution INTRODUCTION 39.
... , and must bend his body , If Cæsar carelessly but nod on him.-I. ii . 115 . * Skeat , Walter William , born at London , 1835. A noted English philologist . L He cannot endure that a man of such feeble constitution INTRODUCTION 39.
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... body pays him this tribute : " The last of all the Romans , fare thee well ! It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow . Friends , I owe moe tears To this dead man than you shall see me pay . I shall find time , Cassius ...
... body pays him this tribute : " The last of all the Romans , fare thee well ! It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow . Friends , I owe moe tears To this dead man than you shall see me pay . I shall find time , Cassius ...
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Page 81 - 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 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 79 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 128 - 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 in his sacred blood; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 125 - Who is here so rude, that would not be a Roman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile, that will not love his country ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 129 - Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad: 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!
Page 122 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue) A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 127 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And sure he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
Page 125 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who, though he had no hand in his death , shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; As which of you shall not ? With this I depart ; That, as I slew my bes't lover" for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 139 - Bru. 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 141 - 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.