 Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer,— Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.  New National Fifth Reader - Page 27by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Northend - 1856 - 276 pages
...Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer, — not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pages
...love to Csesar was not less than his. If, then, that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer : Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer, — Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Cesar were living', and die all slaves, — than that Cesar were dead, to live all free... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar was living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free... | |
 | Gerhard Falk, Clifford Falk - 1990 - 308 pages
...them seems to make sense. To Brutus, the assassination of Caesar made sense. Shakespeare has him say, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live all free men?... | |
 | Roy A. Sorensen Associate Professor of Philosophy New York University - 1992 - 334 pages
...attribute to interpretees. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus defends slaying his friend by saying "not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (act 3, scene 2). Suppose a smart aleck points out that if Brutus loved Rome more than Caesar, then... | |
 | Linda Hutcheon - 1994 - 262 pages
...who speaks first to diat crowd of Roman citizens, proclaiming his love for Caesar, despite his act ("not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"). He introduces Mark Antony, who arrives with Caesar's body, and asks the crowd to listen to die speech... | |
 | Richard Courtney - 1995 - 274 pages
...presence get him a hearing from the people. He tells them his love for Caesar was as great as anyone's: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If, then, that friend demand why Brutus rose against Ca:sar, in the great commanders' names: and they will learn you by rote where services w Had you rather Czsar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free... | |
 | Hilary Burningham, William Shakespeare - 1997 - 52 pages
...Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free... | |
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