 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1818 - 448 pages
...par détour tirer des mains du paysan sa pauvre obole. On est encore plus révolté de ces paroles : I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon Than such a Roman. \ J'aime mieux être un chien et aboyer à la lune qu'être un pareil Romain. * i Warburton défend... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 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,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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. Caf. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it ; you forget yourself, To hedge me in ; I am a soldier,... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...bribes ? And sell the mighty space ofour large honors, For so much trash as ina-v be grasped thus P I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Oas. Brutus, bay not me i I'll not endure it. You f..rget yourself 'To hedge me in- : 1 am a .soldier.... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...meed of our large honors Sor so rowels trash as may be grasped thus 1 X THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR. 19$ I -had rather be a dog and bay the moon. Than such a Roman. Caa. Brutus, bay not me, I'll not endure it; I am a soldier, I, Older in practice, abler than yourself,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? 1 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, Older... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large honour*, For so much trash, as may be grasped thos : — 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 t ; I am a soldier,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...common use, but which it is not, perhaps, easy to account for, 1 had rather, means I would rather : " I had rather be a dog and bay the moon " Than such a Roman." And such, I think, is evidently the meaning of the passage quoted from All's Well That Ends Well. BOSWEJ.L.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 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 : *11 not endure it. You forget yourself To hedge me in : I am a soldier, Older... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 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 : I am a soldier,... | |
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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... 
