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" Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. "
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS - Page 110
by JOHN BARTLETT - 1919
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

1795 - 432 pages
...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 such...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,...
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Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime

Longinus - 1800 - 238 pages
...insupportable. So Cassius speaks invidiously of Casar, in order to raise the indignation of Brutus ; Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about To find .ourselves dishonourable graves. So, have neither the appearance nor air of Hyperboles. And this never fails to be the state of those,...
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Mrs. Jordan, Volume 2

James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...Athens, but I shall let " Rome" remain in the following quotation, which fairly applies to him : " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves. When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with one man ? "...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...shout ! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world. Like...of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is. not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus, and Caesar : What should be in that Caesar.?...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...shout! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus, and Caesar: What should be in that Cazsar?...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...his speeches in their books, Alas ! it jcry'd — Give me some drink , Titinius— As a sick girl. Ye gods , it doth amaze me , A man of such a feeble...start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. Bru. Another general shout! I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing. An Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...speeches in their books, Alas, it cry d, ' ' Give me some drink, Titinius"— As a sick girl. Ye ^oJ.?, it doth amaze me, A man of such a, feeble temper,...start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone, Brutus. Another general shout ! I do believe that their applauses are For some new honours that are...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...shout! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus, and Caesar: What should be in that Caesar?...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...on Ca Cas. Why, man, he doth bestride the world, ' feeble temper — ] ie temperament, constitutior Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his...of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus, and Caesar: What should be in that Caesar?...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. CASSIOS in CONTKMPT of CJESAR, (SHAKESPEARE.) WHY man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a...To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some times are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that...
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