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Page xix
... Cicero had bitter reason to exclaim , " We have taken away the tyrant ; the tyranny survives . " As to the fruits that the individual conspirators reaped from their action , Plutarch relates that Cæsar's " great prosperity and good ...
... Cicero had bitter reason to exclaim , " We have taken away the tyrant ; the tyranny survives . " As to the fruits that the individual conspirators reaped from their action , Plutarch relates that Cæsar's " great prosperity and good ...
Page xxxi
... Cicero's letters of how he lent money to Ariobar- zanes and the Salaminians at an enormously high rate of interest , and how eager he was that Cicero should exert his official power to exact payment from his debtors to the uttermost ...
... Cicero's letters of how he lent money to Ariobar- zanes and the Salaminians at an enormously high rate of interest , and how eager he was that Cicero should exert his official power to exact payment from his debtors to the uttermost ...
Page xxxiii
... Cicero because " he chose to be subject to a mild and courteous bondage , " and indignantly reminded him that " their predecessors would never abide to be subject to any masters , how gentle or mild soever they were . " Nevertheless ...
... Cicero because " he chose to be subject to a mild and courteous bondage , " and indignantly reminded him that " their predecessors would never abide to be subject to any masters , how gentle or mild soever they were . " Nevertheless ...
Page xxxiv
... Cicero writes to Atticus : " Nullas unquam ad me litteras misit Brutus , in quibus non esset arrogans ȧkovávητov aliquid . " It is also very apparent in Shakespeare's Brutus , especially in the quarrel scene ( IV . iii . 66–69 ) . His ...
... Cicero writes to Atticus : " Nullas unquam ad me litteras misit Brutus , in quibus non esset arrogans ȧkovávητov aliquid . " It is also very apparent in Shakespeare's Brutus , especially in the quarrel scene ( IV . iii . 66–69 ) . His ...
Page xxxvii
... Cicero quote a remark that Cæsar is said to have made on Brutus , " Quidquid vult , valde vult " ; and Plutarch adds that when his mind was moved to follow any matter , he used a kind of forcible and vehement persuasion , that calmed ...
... Cicero quote a remark that Cæsar is said to have made on Brutus , " Quidquid vult , valde vult " ; and Plutarch adds that when his mind was moved to follow any matter , he used a kind of forcible and vehement persuasion , that calmed ...
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Page 111 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle ; I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place ran Cassius...
Page 131 - 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: I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?
Page 51 - 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 105 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who, though he had no hand in his death , shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; As which of you shall not ? With this I depart ; That, as I slew my bes't lover" for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 19 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 104 - 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.
Page 110 - Caesar loved 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!
Page 115 - Ant. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbours, and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber; he hath left them you, And to your heirs for ever; common pleasures, To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves. Here was a Caesar: When comes such another? 1 Cit. Never, never: — Come away, away: We'll burn his body in the holy place, And with the brands fire the traitors
Page 100 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy (Which like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue...
Page xxxvii - 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.