Shakespeare's Plutarch; Being a Selection from the Lives in North's Plutarch which Illustrate Shakespeare's Plays

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Macmillan and Company, 1875 - 332 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 175 - ... end there ran such multitudes of people one after another to see her, that Antonius was left post alone in the market-place, in his imperial seat, to give audience; and there went a rumour in the people's mouths that the goddess Venus was come to play with the god Bacchus for the general good of all Asia.
Pàgina 2 - Yet men marvelling much at his constancy, that he was never overcome with pleasure, nor money, and how he would endure easily all manner of pains and travails; thereupon they well liked and commended his stoutness and temperancy.
Pàgina 38 - you have won a happy victory for your country, but mortal and unhappy for your son: for I see myself vanquished by you alone.
Pàgina 174 - Cydnus, the poop whereof was of gold, the sails of purple, and the oars of silver, which kept stroke in rowing after the sound of the music of flutes, howboys, citherns, viols, and such other instruments as they played upon in the barge.
Pàgina 165 - Caesar spoken of, and his praises uttered, he mingled his oration with lamentable words ; and by amplifying of matters did greatly move their hearts and affections unto pity and compassion. In fine, to conclude his oration, he unfolded before the whole assembly the bloody garments of the dead, thrust through in many places with their swords, and called the malefactors cruel and cursed murtherers.
Pàgina 37 - My son, why dost thou not answer me? dost thou think it good altogether to give place unto thy choler and desire of revenge, and thinkest thou it not honesty for thee to grant thy mother's request in so weighty a cause? dost thou take it honourable for a noble...
Pàgina 103 - ... both by sea and land, till they had not left a man more to be executed, of all them that were actors or counsellors in the conspiracy of his death.
Pàgina 101 - Pompey's image stood, which ran all of a gore-blood till he was slain. Thus it seemed that the image took just revenge of Pompey's enemy, being thrown down on the ground at his feet, and yielding up his ghost there for the number of wounds he had upon him. For it is reported that he had three-and-twenty wounds upon his body: and divers of the conspirators did hurt themselves, striking one body with so many blows.
Pàgina 100 - Then part of Brutus' company and confederates stood round about Caesar's chair, and part of them also came towards him, as though they made suit with Metellus Cimber, to call home his brother again from banishment : and thus prosecuting still their suit, they followed Caesar till he was set in his chair.
Pàgina 102 - Rome, and that they saw his body (which was brought into the market-place) all bemangled with gashes of swords, then there was no order to keep the multitude and common people quiet...

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