The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text of E. Malone, with notes and illustr., ed. by A.J. Valpy, Volume 11 |
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Page 115
... are copied from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus , as translated by Sir Thomas North . The time of action comprehends a period of about four years , commencing with the secession to the Mons Sacer in the year of Rome 262 , and ending 115.
... are copied from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus , as translated by Sir Thomas North . The time of action comprehends a period of about four years , commencing with the secession to the Mons Sacer in the year of Rome 262 , and ending 115.
Page 116
William Shakespeare Abraham John Valpy. Sacer in the year of Rome 262 , and ending with the death of Coriolanus , A. U. C. 266 . ' This tragedy , ' says Dr. Johnson , ' is one of the most amusing of our author's performances . The old ...
William Shakespeare Abraham John Valpy. Sacer in the year of Rome 262 , and ending with the death of Coriolanus , A. U. C. 266 . ' This tragedy , ' says Dr. Johnson , ' is one of the most amusing of our author's performances . The old ...
Page 117
... Rome ; nor has Coriolanus- ' but the use of the trochee will settle the metre ; ana Steevens reads Romans , because he says that ' Coriola- nus is accented on the first , and not the second syllable . ' But to prove beyond the ...
... Rome ; nor has Coriolanus- ' but the use of the trochee will settle the metre ; ana Steevens reads Romans , because he says that ' Coriola- nus is accented on the first , and not the second syllable . ' But to prove beyond the ...
Page 118
... Rome- ' Stop , Coriolanus , ere beyond retreat- ' This answer , Coriolanus , is the dictate- ' Your pardon , Volsci , but this Coriolanus- ' We thank thee , Coriolanus , but a Roman- ' In which they were prescribed by Coriolanus- ' That ...
... Rome- ' Stop , Coriolanus , ere beyond retreat- ' This answer , Coriolanus , is the dictate- ' Your pardon , Volsci , but this Coriolanus- ' We thank thee , Coriolanus , but a Roman- ' In which they were prescribed by Coriolanus- ' That ...
Page 119
... Rome is expected with terror by its affrighted citizens . The conqueror , in the mean time , refuses to listen to the most solemn em- bassies of his countrymen , until his mother and wife , ac- companied by a deputation of eminent Roman ...
... Rome is expected with terror by its affrighted citizens . The conqueror , in the mean time , refuses to listen to the most solemn em- bassies of his countrymen , until his mother and wife , ac- companied by a deputation of eminent Roman ...
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Page 370 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 323 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Page 292 - Help me, Cassius, or I sink.' I, as .iEneas, our great ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear ; so, from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar : and this man Is now become a god ; and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body.
Page 363 - Bru. You say, you are a better soldier : Let it appear so ; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cos. You wrong me, every way you wrong me, Brutus : I said, an elder soldier, not a better : Did I say, better ? Bru.
Page 345 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who, though he had no hand in his death , shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; As which of you shall not ? With this I depart ; That, as I slew my bes't lover" for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 349 - T was on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
Page 293 - 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.
Page 293 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 361 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, 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 honors, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus?