For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their' vile trash By any indirection. Exercises in Reading and Recitation - Page 105by Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
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...image of the heart and gold echoes a very similar one used earlier in the scene by Brutus: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for...hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. (4-3-72-5) The two images epitomize the nature of the speakers. Brutus would rather die than injure... | |
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