Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: For Use in Schools and Classes : with Introduction and Notes Explanatory and CriticalGinn, 1879 - 205 pages |
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ARTEMIDORUS battle bear blood 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 original reads Philippi Pindarus play PLUTARCH Poet Poet's Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius reason 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 10 - 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 197 - 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 143 - I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me: For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 66 - They say, miracles are past; and we -have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless. Hence is it, that we make trifles of terrors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 125 - 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 120 - 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 119 - 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 124 - Who, you all know, are honourable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honourable men.
Page 53 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye, whose bend doth awe the world, Did lose his lustre. I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his, that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 128 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. 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.