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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: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ... - Page 110
by John Bartlett - 1903 - 1158 pages
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Illustrations of Shakespeare: Comprised in Two Hundred and Thirty Vignette ...

John Thurston - 1825 - 308 pages
...lie so low ? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure ? Case. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like...peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Act I. Scene 1L Par. I pr'ythee, boy, run to the senate house ; Stay not to answer me, but get thee...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 578 pages
...general 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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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 530 pages
...the hands of Shakspeare. How majestic is the following image of Caesar's boundless ambition : — " Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves." The speech where Cassius describes the perils of Caesar in Tiber's angry flood, and the effects of...
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Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs 10, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves....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 dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 23, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs 10, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves....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 Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 556 pages
...he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs i0, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves....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 Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...shout ! I do believe, that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Caesar. Cos. 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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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...Tsmperaiaent, constitution. Like a Colossus: and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about f To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some...of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus, and Cesar: What should be in that Cesar?...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...shout! I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heaped on Caesar. Cos . Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a...about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at sometimes are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves,...
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Questions for junior classes

Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...is*Hyperbole? A. A strong expression exceeding the precise limits of truth; as when Cassius says of Caesar, " Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world, " Like...about, " To find ourselves dishonourable graves." Q. What is 6 Catachresis ? A. The strange and novel use of a word in a sense hitherto unsuited to it;...
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