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 Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added to the ... - Page 217by William Shakespeare - 1818Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried, — "Help me, Cassius, or I sink." I, as jEneas, st : — Ч is true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1853 - 544 pages
...shoulder The old Anchises bear ; so from the waves of Tyber Did I the tired Ceesar: and this man Is HOW become a god, and Cassius is A wretched creature ;...this god did shake; His coward lips did from their color fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world, Did lose its lustre; I did hear I. mi groan... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about, To find ourselves dishonourable graves. JC i. 2. This man Is now become a god ; and Cassius is A wretched...and must bend his body, If Caesar carelessly but nod at him. /. C. i. 2. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power. JC ii. 1. Great... | |
| 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... | |
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