The Tragedy of Julius CaesarHeath, 1895 - 143 pages |
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... spirits , and the like on his use of them in the play . They are appropriate dra- matically because they are part of the accepted narrative . Whether the things reported ever actually took place , or are really credible , is of no ...
... spirits , and the like on his use of them in the play . They are appropriate dra- matically because they are part of the accepted narrative . Whether the things reported ever actually took place , or are really credible , is of no ...
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... spirit pervading the world ; the good angel of Octavius as he is the ill angel of Brutus . Perhaps that is why the vision recorded in Plutarch is changed to the apparition of Cæsar's Ghost . In his person the conspirators attempted to ...
... spirit pervading the world ; the good angel of Octavius as he is the ill angel of Brutus . Perhaps that is why the vision recorded in Plutarch is changed to the apparition of Cæsar's Ghost . In his person the conspirators attempted to ...
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... spirit of abstract justice ; that the cause is not good enough to depend for success on strenuous moral conviction . Now had every man engaged in the conspiracy been as Brutus was— s - unmoved by personal resentments and jealousies ...
... spirit of abstract justice ; that the cause is not good enough to depend for success on strenuous moral conviction . Now had every man engaged in the conspiracy been as Brutus was— s - unmoved by personal resentments and jealousies ...
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... spirit of his promise while he ad- heres to its letter ; nor has he any qualms about using Lepidus as a temporary tool , to be tossed on one side when con- venient . When his personal feelings are stirred and his affections warmly ...
... spirit of his promise while he ad- heres to its letter ; nor has he any qualms about using Lepidus as a temporary tool , to be tossed on one side when con- venient . When his personal feelings are stirred and his affections warmly ...
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... spirit ; but she will in no- wise allow her fears to hamper his action . Not till she feels that she has put her powers of self - control to the proof , not till she knows herself worthy , does she claim her right to stand forth as her ...
... spirit ; but she will in no- wise allow her fears to hamper his action . Not till she feels that she has put her powers of self - control to the proof , not till she knows herself worthy , does she claim her right to stand forth as her ...
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Alarum Antony and Cleopatra Antony's Artemidorus bear blood Brutus and Cassius Cæs Caius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cassius Cato Cicero Cinna Clitus common conspirators danger death Decius Decius Brutus doth drachma Enter BRUTUS Exeunt Exit favour fear fire follow Fourth Cit frequently friends give Glossary gods hand hast hath hear heart hence honourable humour ides of March Julius Cæsar Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucil Lucilius Lucius Lupercalia Marcus Brutus Mark Antony means Messala Metellus Cimber never night noble Brutus North's Plutarch Octavius Philippi phrase Pindarus play Pompey's Portia Publius Re-enter Roman Rome scansion scansion see Appendix SCENE senate sense Shake Shakespeare speak speech spirit stand Strato sword syllable tell thee things Third Cit thou art Titinius to-day Trebonius unto verb Volumnius weak stress word wrong
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Page 61 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know...
Page 59 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 60 - O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity ; these are gracious drops ; Kind souls ! What; weep you, when you but behold Our Ceesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 66 - 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?
Page 73 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. It comes upon me. Art thou any thing ? Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil, That mak'st my blood cold and my hair to stare ? Speak to me what thou art.
Page 58 - He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Page 22 - O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 68 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 43 - 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 26 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...