 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...notable for the brevity of all its phrases. Brutus is scolding Cassius for taking bribes: Brutus. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Cassius. Brutus, bait not me, I'll not endure it. You forget yourself 30 To hedge me in. I am a soldier,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus? — I ll not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honour, CASSIUS. Brutus, bay not me, — I'll not endure it: you forget yourself, To hedge me in; I am a soldier,... | |
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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 thus? I had rather... 
