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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 speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ... - Page 192
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...the hands of Shakspeare. How majestic is the following image of Caesar's boundless ambition : — " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves." The speech where Cassius describes the perils of Caesar in Tiber's angry flood, and the effects of...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...shout ! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Cesar. C<w. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...shout! I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heaped on Caesar. Cos . Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at sometimes are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves,...
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Questions for junior classes

Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...is*Hyperbole? A. A strong expression exceeding the precise limits of truth; as when Cassius says of Caesar, " Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world, " Like...about, " To find ourselves dishonourable graves." Q. What is 6 Catachresis ? A. The strange and novel use of a word in a sense hitherto unsuited to it;...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...shout! I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heaped on Cffisar. Cos. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To (ind ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at sometimes are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...shout ! I do believe, that these applause« are For some new honours that are heap'd on Cœsar. Coi. Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a...To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, » But in ourselves,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 510 pages
...shout! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cca. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that...
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Illustrations of Shakspeare; comprised in 230 vignette engravings by [J ...

John Thurston - 1830 - 176 pages
...lie so low ? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? Case- Why, man. he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Act. I. Scene II. Por. I pr*ythee, boy, run to the senate house ; Stay not to answer me, but get thee...
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The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volume 2

James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 430 pages
...modern Athens, but I shall let " Rome" remain in the following quotation, which fairly applies to him. " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves. When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with ONK man ?" But,...
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The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volume 2

James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 400 pages
...modern Athens, but I shall let " Rome" remain in the following quotation, which fairly applies to him. " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves. When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with ONB man ?" But,...
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