...swimming contest with Caesar. Cassius thus narrates the incident: I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the...troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ?' Upon...

...lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Cœsar; so were you: dost thou hear the Nemean lion roar 'Gainst thee,...before, And he from forage will incline to play: ill. IV 'Darest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' Upon the...

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...came to die Tiber, still and pale blue in the morning sunlight, and, as a river, sadly unimpressive. For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'Barest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' As a boy,...

...lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you. We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he. (i. «• 93) Even when the thought is grandiose, as in Caesar's comparison of himself to the North...

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...suspicious of Cassius, the leader of his assassins. CASSIUS: I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the...troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' Upon the...

...awe of one no better than myself. I was born as free as Caesar, and so were you. We both have eaten as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he. Once, upon a raw and gusty day, Caesar said to me, "Do you dare, Cassius, To leap into the angry Tiber...