 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 pages
...severely in his address to the jury, summoning up his observations with the well-known lines— ' He doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus ; and we...under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.' " The tone and gesture wiih which this was delivered and enforced, is not to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 pages
...scribbler eyes him as Cassius did Casar : and whispers to his fellow — ' Why, man, he doth bestride Ihe narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk...under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.' No wonder, then, if the malice of the Lilliputian tribe be bent against this... | |
 | Alan Schom - 1998 - 948 pages
...1800-1815. I. Title. DC2O3-S36 1997 944.05^92 — dc*i 97-5805 ISBN 0-06-092958-8 (pbk.) 03 0405»/RRD 1098 Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time were masters of their fates. E, JULIUS CAESAR . . . I may truly... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...in water. 10274 Henry ViII Some come to take their ease And sleep an act or two. 10275JuliusCaesar sweats, None dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in... | |
 | Roderick J. Barman - 1999 - 582 pages
...country." 78 In sum, politicians of both ruling parties echoed Cassius's complaint against Julius Caesar: "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like...peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves." 75 Given that by 1872 Pedro II had been ruling for over thirty years, a long reign by any standard,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1956 - 682 pages
...Julius Caesar (I, ii, 135-138), where Cassius describes Caesar's greatness ironically in similar terms: Why man he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus,...peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. 71 Tyrants of all Nature. For Dryden's own ambiguity about heroism and the hero, see Michael West,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 248 pages
...Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, 'Alasl' it cried, "Give me some drink, Titinius', As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of...temper should So get the start of the majestic world, no And bear the palm alone. Shout. Flourish BRUTUS Another general shout ? I do believe that these... | |
 | Leon Garfield - 1995 - 328 pages
...and arrogant thing he had become. "Why, man," cried Cassius, seizing his friend by the arm, "he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we...under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves!" At the word 'dishonourable' Brutus flushed angrily. Honour was dearer to him... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 164 pages
...some new honors that are heaped on Caesar. CASSIUS Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world 137 Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge...peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. HO Men at sometime were masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in... | |
 | Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, 'Alas,' it cried, 'give me some drink, Titinius,' As a sick girl! Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of...start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. CROWD (off-stage) Hail Caesar! BRUTUS Another general shout? I do believe that these applause are For... | |
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As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep... 
