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" Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. "
The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text of E ... - Page 293
by William Shakespeare - 1842
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The English Party's Excursion to Paris, in Easter Week 1849. To which is ...

Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 586 pages
...Horatio, while a rainbow, a Niagara rainbow, spanned the river, as Cassius says, Csesar did the world. " Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a...under his huge legs, and peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves." On my return, another time, to Forsyth's, I gathered as many mushrooms (mementos...
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Translations which have obtained the Porson prize in the University of ...

William Shakespeare - College verse - 1850 - 132 pages
...KÚfívovcrw ¿XX' evKaßov ffvy1' ¿v фóßш 8' ¿' aUTç «at JULIUS CAESAR. ACT. 1. Sc. 2. Cas. WHY, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is not...
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Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 pages
...give place to better.— BRU. IV., 3. Good words are better than bad strokes.—BRU. V.,1. He doth bestride the narrow world, like a Colossus ; and we...under his huge legs, and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves.—CAS. I., 2. He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.— CJES. I., 2. He...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...shout! I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heapt on Cœsar. CASSIUS. erland, What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty...leave to live till Richard die? You make a leg, and dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in...
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The Dechronization of Sam Magruder: A Novel

George Gaylord Simpson - Fiction - 1997 - 162 pages
...influence over my profession of paleontology can only recall Cassius's description of Caesar: "He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus; and we...petty men walk under his huge legs, and peep about." Science fiction has always been among the most intellectual of our literatures. Therefore, when a scientist...
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Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life

Alan Schom - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 948 pages
...1800-1815. I. Title. DC2O3-S36 1997 944.05^92 — dc*i 97-5805 ISBN 0-06-092958-8 (pbk.) 03 0405»/RRD 1098 Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time were masters of their fates. E, JULIUS CAESAR . . . I may truly...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...in water. 10274 Henry ViII Some come to take their ease And sleep an act or two. 10275JuliusCaesar sweats, None dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in...
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Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891

Roderick J. Barman - History - 1999 - 582 pages
...country." 78 In sum, politicians of both ruling parties echoed Cassius's complaint against Julius Caesar: "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like...peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves." 75 Given that by 1872 Pedro II had been ruling for over thirty years, a long reign by any standard,...
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Words that Make a Difference and how to Use Them in a Masterly Way

Robert Greenman - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 468 pages
...too hard-core a term for this Federal cinema verite — when the boss takes three hours for lunch. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar unflappable uhn FLA...
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The Works of John Dryden, Volume 13

John Dryden - English drama - 1956 - 682 pages
...Julius Caesar (I, ii, 135-138), where Cassius describes Caesar's greatness ironically in similar terms: Why man he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus,...peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. 71 Tyrants of all Nature. For Dryden's own ambiguity about heroism and the hero, see Michael West,...
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