The English of Shakespeare: Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on His Julius CæsarCrosby and Ainsworth, 1867 - 386 pages |
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... and con- structions are not throughout the same , and when they are they have not always the same meaning . Much of Shakespeare's vocabulary has ceased to fall from either our lips or our pens ; much xii THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... and con- structions are not throughout the same , and when they are they have not always the same meaning . Much of Shakespeare's vocabulary has ceased to fall from either our lips or our pens ; much xii THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
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... meaning which he attached to so much of it as still survives has dropped out of our minds . What is most misleading of all , many words and forms have ac- quired senses for us which they had not for him . All such cases that the Play ...
... meaning which he attached to so much of it as still survives has dropped out of our minds . What is most misleading of all , many words and forms have ac- quired senses for us which they had not for him . All such cases that the Play ...
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... meaning in the dialogue cir- cling around the phrase in question , or continually return- ing upon it , in this way , unless it formed the name of the Play . On the other hand , there is not an expression throughout the piece that can ...
... meaning in the dialogue cir- cling around the phrase in question , or continually return- ing upon it , in this way , unless it formed the name of the Play . On the other hand , there is not an expression throughout the piece that can ...
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... meaning of ought as applied to that which is one's duty , or which is fitting . [ See Latham's English Lan- guage , Fifth Edition , ( 1862 ) , §§ 599 , 605 , 606 , 727 ; and Marsh , Lectures on English Language , First Series , pp . 320 ...
... meaning of ought as applied to that which is one's duty , or which is fitting . [ See Latham's English Lan- guage , Fifth Edition , ( 1862 ) , §§ 599 , 605 , 606 , 727 ; and Marsh , Lectures on English Language , First Series , pp . 320 ...
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... whether revolution be the same . * [ Collier adopts the reading of the edition of 1609 , " Whether we are mended , or where better they , " meaning , In the old copies the word , when thus contracted 142 [ ACT I. PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY .
... whether revolution be the same . * [ Collier adopts the reading of the edition of 1609 , " Whether we are mended , or where better they , " meaning , In the old copies the word , when thus contracted 142 [ ACT I. PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY .
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Page 101 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause, till it come back to me.
Page 64 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?" Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy, But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried, "Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
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 66 - Would he were fatter: — But I fear him not. Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Page 100 - He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man. 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, Csesar hath wept ; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff : Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Page 97 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue! — A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury, and fierce civil strife, Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile, when they behold Their infants quartered with the hands of war; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds ; And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side, come hot from hell, Shall in these confines, with a monarch's...
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 : Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 64 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Page 97 - 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.
Page 84 - 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.