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" Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. "
Elements of Criticism - Page 186
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...feeble temper -should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Brutus—and Ca:sar—What should be in that...
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Mrs. Jordan, Volume 2

James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...shall let " Rome" remain in the following quotation, which fairly applies to him : " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves. When went there by an age, since the great...
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Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime

Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...Cassius speaks invidiously of Casar, in order to raise the indignation of Brutus ; Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find .ourselves dishonourable graves. So, have neither the appearance nor air of...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 1

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1802 - 756 pages
...surrendered our own and confirmed the onipire of the Consul. Buonaparte, alas ! " JDoth bestride this narrow world Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about •To find ourselves dishonorable graves," But, Sir, let us hdar the ministry. To the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world. Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates:...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates:...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...on Ca Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the world, ' feeble temper — ] ie temperament, constitutior Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...name of honour more than I fear death. CASSIOS in CONTKMPT of CJESAR, (SHAKESPEARE.) WHY man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some times are masters of their fates:...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 318 pages
...believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cos. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates...
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