I, as ^Eneas, our great ancestor, Did, from the flames of Troy, upon his shoulder, The old Anchises bear, so, from the waves of Tiber, Did I the tired Caesar : and this man Is now become a god ; and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body.... The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII ... - Page 320by William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1862Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point propos'd 3, Caesar cried, " Help me, Cassius, of I sink." I, as ./Eneas, our great ancestor, Did from...bend his body, If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. Ho had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis... | |
| Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar. And this man Is now become...when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake. 4. 'Tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their color fly; And that same eye whose... | |
| English Association - 1928 - 162 pages
...fortunate than ourselves, more prosperous but especially more popular, a disposition to say with Cassius : and this man Is now become a god, and Cassius is A...bend his body If Caesar carelessly but nod on him ; and Scott, ill and in trouble, omitted even to nod when Carlyle forwarded a letter from Goethe. The... | |
| Derek Traversi - 1963 - 300 pages
...belittlement colours the speaker's words and is related to its true cause in the revealing conclusion : this man Is now become a god, and Cassius is A wretched...bend his body If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. [I. ii. 1 15.] Perhaps it is not altogether certain that Cassius might not, in his innermost heart,... | |
| James Chapman - 286 pages
...Cassius, or I sink. Then, as ^Eneas, our great ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy, upon his shoulders, The old Anchises bear, so, from the waves of Tyber,...and must bend his body, If Caesar carelessly but nod at him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake... | |
| L. C. Knights - 1979 - 326 pages
...says to Brutus: I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. . . . . . . And this man Is now become a god, and Cassius is A...bend his body If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. Caesar, he says to Casca, is: A man no mightier than thyself or me In personal action, yet prodigious... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1998 - 276 pages
...ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar. And this man Is now become...bend his body If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. 97-9 I was born ... as he Though professing 104 point used especially of a promontory or high public... | |
| Paul N. Siegel - 1986 - 176 pages
...whom Cassius complains (1.2.115— 18) — and his words accurately describe Caesar's behaviour — "This man/ Is now become a god, and Cassius is/ A...his body/ If Caesar carelessly but nod on him." He disregards omens and prophecies and stalks blindly to his doom. As Calphurnia says (2.2.49), his "wisdom... | |
| Peter Salovey - 1991 - 316 pages
...ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar. And this man Is now become...bend his body If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. (Shakespeare, 1599/1934, p. 1 1) Clearly, the prime reason why Cassius finds Caesar's elevated status... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1992 - 150 pages
...Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar; 9 and this man Is now become a god, and Cassius is A...in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark 120 How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake; 10 His coward lips did from their colour fly,... | |
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