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Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him : but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There...

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ... - Page 698
by Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 1120 pages
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Rhetoric and Renaissance Culture

Heinrich F. Plett - Art - 2004 - 600 pages

...disposition. But above all, it is arranged in elaborate parallelisms, antitheses, and gradations: There is tears, for his love; joy, for his fortune; honour, for his valour; and death, for his ambition. (Julius Caesar III.ii.28- 29) Here plain style and plain character form a convincing unity. Therefore,...

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