Shakespeare's Julius CaesarGinn, 1904 - 205 pages |
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ARTEMIDORUS battle bear blood body Brutus and Cassius Brutus's Cæs Cæsar's death Caius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cass Cassius Cato cause Cicero Cinna Citizens Clitus common conspiracy conspirators dangerous Decius dost doth enemies Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fear fell fire follow friends funeral genius ghost give gods Hamlet hand hast hath hear heart honour humour Ides of March irony Julius Cæsar kill Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Lucius Marcus Marcus Brutus Mark Antony matter means Messala Metellus Cimber mighty mind murder nature never night Octavius Philippi Pindarus play PLUTARCH Poet Poet's Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius reason repeatedly Roman Rome SCENE second folio Senate sense Shakespeare soothsayer speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell thee thing thou art thought Titinius to-day Trebonius unto virtue Volumnius word wrong ΙΟ
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Page 8 - I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that...
Page 195 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 161 - And whether we shall meet again I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take : For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius ! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile ; If not, why then, this parting was well made.
Page 123 - 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...
Page 118 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 117 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 125 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. 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 Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here ! Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 73 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 5 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 115 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate' by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war ; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial Enter a Servant.