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... scene of regular dramatic representations ; and the usual country fes- tivals , such as May Day and Christmastide , were celebrated by some kind of dramatic performance . It is easy to believe that the instinct of genius attracted him ...
... scene of regular dramatic representations ; and the usual country fes- tivals , such as May Day and Christmastide , were celebrated by some kind of dramatic performance . It is easy to believe that the instinct of genius attracted him ...
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... Catiline . " 1 The learned rejoiced in the breath of air from ancient Rome which met them in these scenes , and the popu- 1 A drama by Ben Jonson . lace was entertained and fascinated by the striking events and xxiv INTRODUCTION.
... Catiline . " 1 The learned rejoiced in the breath of air from ancient Rome which met them in these scenes , and the popu- 1 A drama by Ben Jonson . lace was entertained and fascinated by the striking events and xxiv INTRODUCTION.
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... scenes of the third act , this power is still more manifest . The assassination scene is as literal as may be ; but it offers an example apt enough of Shakespeare's mode of dramatizing a fact . When Metellus Cimber makes suit for his ...
... scenes of the third act , this power is still more manifest . The assassination scene is as literal as may be ; but it offers an example apt enough of Shakespeare's mode of dramatizing a fact . When Metellus Cimber makes suit for his ...
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... scene of the murder , instead of the Curia Pompeiana . In this point , however , he fol- lows a literary tradition , which is already found in Chaucer's Monk's Tale : - " In the Capitol anon him hente ( i.e. seized ) This falsë Brutus ...
... scene of the murder , instead of the Curia Pompeiana . In this point , however , he fol- lows a literary tradition , which is already found in Chaucer's Monk's Tale : - " In the Capitol anon him hente ( i.e. seized ) This falsë Brutus ...
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... SCENE : Rome ; the neighborhood of Sardis ; the neigh- borhood of Philippi . THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CÆSAR ACT I SCENE I. Rome DRAMATIS PERSONE.
... SCENE : Rome ; the neighborhood of Sardis ; the neigh- borhood of Philippi . THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CÆSAR ACT I SCENE I. Rome DRAMATIS PERSONE.
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ABBOTT Alarum answered art thou battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius Brutus's Caes Caius Ligarius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cassius Cato Cicero Cinna Clitus conspirators crown danger death doth Edited Elizabethan enemy English Exeunt Exit eyes fear feast of Lupercal fire follow Fourth Cit give gods grief hand hear heart High School honor ides of March John Shakespeare Julius Cæsar Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony Marullus means Messala Metellus Cimber mighty night noble Brutus Octavius Philippi Pindarus play plucked PLUTARCH poet Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius Re-enter LUCIUS Roman Rome SCENE Senate Shakespeare Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar shout sick slain Soothsayer speak speech spirit stand Strato sword syllable tell thee things Third Cit thou art Titinius to-day Trebonius unto verb Volumnius William Shakespeare words wrong ΙΟ
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Page 67 - 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 76 - 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, Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me.
Page 118 - This was the noblest Roman of them all : All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. 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 106 - 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 90 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast: within, a heart Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold: If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth: I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart: Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.
Page 72 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world ; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 27 - 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 72 - 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 70 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,— For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men,— Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Page 71 - 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.