| K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 páginas
...likelihood 230 to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and...he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? 235 Imperial Cœsar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. O, that that... | |
| Frank L. Holt - 2003 - 225 páginas
...of even Alexander's decomposed body: "Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and...loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel?"3 From Babylon to a bunghole, the trail of Alexander's remains allegedly passed through... | |
| Brian Keeble - 2003 - 196 páginas
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| Gail Kern Paster - 2010 - 291 páginas
...qualitatively even as they approached the deaths that would return them to it. As Hamlet explains to Horatio, "Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?" (5.1.208-12). But melancholy, as well as signaling the cold, dry retentive behavior of old age (retentiveness... | |
| Paul A. Cantor - 2004 - 122 páginas
...ancient heroes against the Christian standard of eternity and finds them wanting: Imperious Caesar. dead and turn'd to clay. Might stop a hole to keep...earth which kept the world in awe Should patch a wall t'expel the winter's flaw! (Vi213-16) He reads the same lesson of the brittleness of earthly glory... | |
| Laura L. Fine - 2004 - 154 páginas
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