 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...  The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added to the ... - Page 261by William Shakespeare - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Arthur F. Kinney - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 186 pages
...during his funeral oration for the fallen Julius Caesar; holding out hope for all of Rome, he proclaims: here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar, I found...wills, Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue (Julius Caesar, 3.2.128-37). He puts it aside, only to pull it out again: Here is the will, and under... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Dramatists, English - 2007 - 1288 pages
...in his closet, — 'tis his will: Let but the commons hear this testament, — Which, pardon me, 1 do not mean to read, — And they would go and kiss...Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue. FOURTH CITIZEN. We'll hear the will: read it, Mark Antony. CITIZENS. The will, the will! we will hear... | |
 | Peter Holland - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 370 pages
...remains in the minds of the plebeians, as Antony intends, Let but the commons hear this testament . . . And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And...Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue. (Caesar 3.2.131, 133-8) but the monument he makes of Caesar's body speeds a violent descent into civil... | |
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