The Aldus Shakespeare: With Copious Notes and Comments, Volume 16Bigelow Smith, 1909 |
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... Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans , and more especially from the Lives of Cæsar , Brutus , and Antony . In this play , as in the case of Coriolanus and Antony and Cleo- patra , it is impossible to over - estimate ...
... Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans , and more especially from the Lives of Cæsar , Brutus , and Antony . In this play , as in the case of Coriolanus and Antony and Cleo- patra , it is impossible to over - estimate ...
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... Plutarch ( pp . 64-66 ) . 8 The best modern edition is in Mr. Nutt's " Tudor Translations " ; Vol . I. contains an excellent introductory study by Mr. Wyndham . Prof. Skeat's Shakespeare's Plutarch ( Macmillan ) is a valuable and handy ...
... Plutarch ( pp . 64-66 ) . 8 The best modern edition is in Mr. Nutt's " Tudor Translations " ; Vol . I. contains an excellent introductory study by Mr. Wyndham . Prof. Skeat's Shakespeare's Plutarch ( Macmillan ) is a valuable and handy ...
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... Plutarch in making the Capitol the scene of the murder , instead of the Curia Pompeiana . In this point , however , he follows a literary tradition , which is already found in Chaucer's Monk's Tale : - " In the Capitol anon him hente ...
... Plutarch in making the Capitol the scene of the murder , instead of the Curia Pompeiana . In this point , however , he follows a literary tradition , which is already found in Chaucer's Monk's Tale : - " In the Capitol anon him hente ...
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... Plutarch . It is just possible that a few bare hints were derived from Appian's History of the Civil War , which had been translated , from Greek , into English be- fore 1578 . • 2 I draw attention to the following sentences taken at ...
... Plutarch . It is just possible that a few bare hints were derived from Appian's History of the Civil War , which had been translated , from Greek , into English be- fore 1578 . • 2 I draw attention to the following sentences taken at ...
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... Plutarch . Had he invented the collisions and struggles between public right and individual temper , which mark these plays , then indeed his course might fairly be derived from the special rising currents of popular thought at the time ...
... Plutarch . Had he invented the collisions and struggles between public right and individual temper , which mark these plays , then indeed his course might fairly be derived from the special rising currents of popular thought at the time ...
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Alarum Antony's battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius Cæs Cæsar's body Cæsar's death Caius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cato cause character Cicero Cinna Clitus conj conspiracy conspirators Coriolanus crown dead Decius deed doth drama enemies Exeunt Exit eyes fear fell fire follow Fourth Cit friends ghost give gods Hamlet hand hast hath hear heart honor ides of March ISRAEL GOLLANCZ Julius Cæsar kill king Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony Marullus matter means Messala Metellus Cimber mind night noble Brutus Octavius oration Philippi Pindarus play Plutarch Poet Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius pulpit reason Roman Rome scene Senate Shakespeare slain speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell thee thing Third Cit thou art thought tion Titinius to-day tragedy Trebonius unto Volumnius word wrong
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Página 30 - 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.
Página 5 - You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things ! O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey ? "Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 70 - Who, you all know, are honorable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself, and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.
Página 73 - What private griefs they have, alas ! I know not, That made them do it ; they are wise and honourable, And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. 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.
Página 16 - He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Página 84 - 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, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
Página 68 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,— For Brutus is an honourable 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 honourable man.
Página 65 - Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer,— Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Página 71 - Caesar lov'd you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!
Página 72 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...