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?... The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 111by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
| Richard Courtney - Drama - 1995 - 274 pages
...action: "Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?" (19) and: shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our...honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus? (23-26) For Cassius the attack is personal, and he descends to direct insult. He is, he says, an "older"... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...great Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain toucht his body, that did stab, And not for justice? of thy love's faithful vow for mine. JULIET. I gave...didst request it: And yet I would it were to give ag fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be... | |
| Michael Schulman, Eva Mekler - Drama - 1998 - 370 pages
...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...rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. CASSIUS: Brutus, bait not me; I'll not endure it; you forget yourself, To hedge me in; 1 am a soldier,... | |
| Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...tainted money at two removes which he would refuse on principle to collect himself directly: . . . What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man...for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? (rv.iii. 21-4) In so far as he is willing to accept the money so vilely raised,... | |
| Michael Schulman, Eva Mekler - Drama - 1998 - 370 pages
...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...for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be... | |
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