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So mix'd in him that nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, "This was a man!"
Oct. According to his virtue let us use him,
With all respect and rites of burial.
Within my tent his bones to-night shall lie,
Most like a soldier, order'd honourably.-
So call the field to rest: and let's away,
To part the glories of this happy day.

[Exeunt.

"Of this tragedy," says Dr. Johnson, "many particular passages deserve regard, and the contention and reconcilement of Brutus and Cassius is universally celebrated; but I have never been strongly agitated in perusing it, and think it somewhat cold and unaffecting compared with some other of Shakspeare's plays: his adherence to the real story and to Roman manners seems to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius."

THE END OF JULIUS CESAR.

Glossary.

* Many of the words interpreted in this Glossary have also been casually explained in the notes upon each Play; but it is thought advisable to give these interpretations in a collected and more systematic form, for the sake of yet greater convenience and perspicuity.

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