 Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 301by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 750 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 526 pages
...'• I do not kiiow the man I should avoid . ' '. , So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays,...smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could he mm VI to smile at any thing. . . . . • Such men as he he never at... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pages
...well-known lines of Shakespeare. Indeed, the whole description of Cassius might be applied to Swift : He reads much, He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. — Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit That... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 830 pages
...following lines: -I le reacis much ; He is a great observer, and he lot ks Quite through ihe deeds of men-^ Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself :ml scorn'd his spirit, That ct'ulct be mover! to smile at any thing." JltiM C*itr, ait «'. icnt a.... | |
 | Jean Sarrazin - 1815 - 392 pages
...nature, is the will tq do so." BIOGRAPHIC MEMOIR , ., *r THE FRENCH MARSHAL SOULT, DUKE OF DALMATIA*, Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be mov'd to smile at any thing. SHAKESPEARE'S Julius Catsar, Act I.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...through the deeds of men ; he loves no As i lion dost, Antony ; he hears no music : Seldom he smiles j and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn 'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...not .Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer; and...smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be mov'd to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 366 pages
...as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observe", and he looks Quite through the ckcci of men : he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ;...smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any tiling. Such men as he be never at heart's ease,... | |
 | 1828 - 956 pages
...if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears...smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be mov'd to smile at anything. Such men as he be never at heart's ease,... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...men would envy the character which Caesar gives of Cassius. He loves no play, As thou do'st Anthony : He hears no music : Seldom he smiles ; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Not only such men,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pages
...not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and...loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no nmsick : Seldom he smiles ; and smiles in such a sort, 'As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit... | |
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