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Page 57
... Cæsar ? DRYDEN , ALL FOR LOVE . - ACT I. The description of Paradise , in the fourth book of Paradise Lost , is a fine illustration of the impression made by elevated objects : So on he fares , and to the border comes - Of Eden , where ...
... Cæsar ? DRYDEN , ALL FOR LOVE . - ACT I. The description of Paradise , in the fourth book of Paradise Lost , is a fine illustration of the impression made by elevated objects : So on he fares , and to the border comes - Of Eden , where ...
Page 59
... Cæsar : - - Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy , ( Which , like dumb mouths , do ope their ruby lips , To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue , ) A curse shall light upon the limbs of ...
... Cæsar : - - Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy , ( Which , like dumb mouths , do ope their ruby lips , To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue , ) A curse shall light upon the limbs of ...
Page 73
... Cæsar , beholding the statue of Alexander , was greatly mortified that now , at the age of thirty - two , when Alexander died , he had not performed one memorable action . Our opinions also are much influenced by compari- son . A man ...
... Cæsar , beholding the statue of Alexander , was greatly mortified that now , at the age of thirty - two , when Alexander died , he had not performed one memorable action . Our opinions also are much influenced by compari- son . A man ...
Page 85
... Cæsar passing the Rubicon , was grand ; but there was no dignity in it , considering that his purpose was to enslave his country : Cæsar , in a march , taking opportunity of a rivulet to quench his thirst , did a low action , but the ...
... Cæsar passing the Rubicon , was grand ; but there was no dignity in it , considering that his purpose was to enslave his country : Cæsar , in a march , taking opportunity of a rivulet to quench his thirst , did a low action , but the ...
Page 114
... Cæsar , was in the utmost dread of being dethroned : in that agitated situation , Corneille makes him utter a speech full of cool reflection , that is in no degree expressive of the passion . In Les Freres Ennemies of Racine , the ...
... Cæsar , was in the utmost dread of being dethroned : in that agitated situation , Corneille makes him utter a speech full of cool reflection , that is in no degree expressive of the passion . In Les Freres Ennemies of Racine , the ...
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