A Fragment on Shakspeare, Extracted from Advice to a Young Poet, by the Rev. Martin Sherlock. Translated from the FrenchG. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786 - 5 pages |
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... should be fellow - citizens . They should live in an " eternal peace , and do juftice to the merits both " of the living and the dead , of London , Paris , " Rome , and Athens . " With this profeffion of impartiality Mr. Sher- lock ...
... should be fellow - citizens . They should live in an " eternal peace , and do juftice to the merits both " of the living and the dead , of London , Paris , " Rome , and Athens . " With this profeffion of impartiality Mr. Sher- lock ...
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... should speak of them with the most rigid truth , would seem to the highest degree extravagant . But what fignifies what I feem , if really I be true ? I will therefore fay , because a more certain truth was never faid ; Shakspeare ...
... should speak of them with the most rigid truth , would seem to the highest degree extravagant . But what fignifies what I feem , if really I be true ? I will therefore fay , because a more certain truth was never faid ; Shakspeare ...
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... should think the oppofition between the eagle and the doves exaggerated , this is my antwer . When a man of great merit , and who is confcious of his own deferts , like Coriolanus , is reviled by an inferior , it is natu ral for him ...
... should think the oppofition between the eagle and the doves exaggerated , this is my antwer . When a man of great merit , and who is confcious of his own deferts , like Coriolanus , is reviled by an inferior , it is natu ral for him ...
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... should do Brutus wrong , and Caffius wrong , Who , you all know , are honourable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead , to wrong myself , and you , Than I will wrong such honourable men . But here's a ...
... should do Brutus wrong , and Caffius wrong , Who , you all know , are honourable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead , to wrong myself , and you , Than I will wrong such honourable men . But here's a ...
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... should move The stones of Rome to rife and mutiny . All . We'll mutiny . 1 Pleb . We'll burn the house of Brutus . 3 Pleb . Away then , come seek the confpirators . Ant . Yet hear me , countrymen ; yet hear me speak . All . Peace , ho ...
... should move The stones of Rome to rife and mutiny . All . We'll mutiny . 1 Pleb . We'll burn the house of Brutus . 3 Pleb . Away then , come seek the confpirators . Ant . Yet hear me , countrymen ; yet hear me speak . All . Peace , ho ...
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Page 28 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood. I only speak right on...
Page 26 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 27 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 25 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man.
Page 24 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 25 - I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Page 16 - If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there, That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Flutter'd your Volscians in Corioli : Alone I did it. — Boy ! Auf.
Page 27 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent ; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
Page 28 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 25 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am, to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? — O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason ! — Bear with me ; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.