The English of Shakespeare: Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on His Julius CaesarE. Ginn, 1869 - 386 pages |
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... believe I have sacrificed nothing which may not be readily found in other books , especially in the last revised edition of Webster's Dictionary , to which I have rarely referred the reader , but which he will do well to consult on all ...
... believe I have sacrificed nothing which may not be readily found in other books , especially in the last revised edition of Webster's Dictionary , to which I have rarely referred the reader , but which he will do well to consult on all ...
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... believe to be a more nearly authentic text than has yet appeared . Julius Cæsar is , probably , of all Shakespeare's Plays , the one of which the text has come down to us in the least unsatisfactory state . From whatever cause it has ...
... believe to be a more nearly authentic text than has yet appeared . Julius Cæsar is , probably , of all Shakespeare's Plays , the one of which the text has come down to us in the least unsatisfactory state . From whatever cause it has ...
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... believe that the first edition of Titus Andronicus was printed in 1594 , although the earliest of which any copy is now known is dated 1600. The earliest existing editions of Romeo and Juliet , Richard the Second , and Richard the Third ...
... believe that the first edition of Titus Andronicus was printed in 1594 , although the earliest of which any copy is now known is dated 1600. The earliest existing editions of Romeo and Juliet , Richard the Second , and Richard the Third ...
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... believe with Ulrici that The Tempest is the very latest of all Shakespeare's Plays , as with Mr. Hunter that it is one of his earliest , " nearly the first in time , " he calls it , " as the first in place [ meaning as it accounted by ...
... believe with Ulrici that The Tempest is the very latest of all Shakespeare's Plays , as with Mr. Hunter that it is one of his earliest , " nearly the first in time , " he calls it , " as the first in place [ meaning as it accounted by ...
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... believe that the proofs underwent either his own revision or that of any attentive editor or reader ; it may be doubted if in any case the Play was even set up from the author's manuscript . In many , or in most , cases we may affirm ...
... believe that the proofs underwent either his own revision or that of any attentive editor or reader ; it may be doubted if in any case the Play was even set up from the author's manuscript . In many , or in most , cases we may affirm ...
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Page 100 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Page 275 - And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 65 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great?
Page 99 - 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 102 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent That day he overcame the Nervii :l — Look ! in this place ran Cassius...
Page 72 - I know where I will wear this dagger then ; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius : Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong ; Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat : Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit ; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Page 223 - And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 110 - 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...
Page 244 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 97 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers ! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.