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. Elements of Criticism - Side 174af Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| James Boaden - 1831 - 430 sider
...shall let " Rome" remain in the following quotation, which fairly applies to him. " 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. When went there by an age, since the great... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 606 sider
...these applauses are For some new honours that arc heap'd on Cxsar. Co». Why. man, he doth bcstnde and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters o? their fates... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 sider
...feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. 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. Men at some time are masters of their fates... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1832 - 1022 sider
...that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Cesar. i ',-,-.. Why, man he doth d down the veins, Making that idiot, laughter, keep men's eyes, And straiu tbeir lees, and peep about To And ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 sider
...temper, should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone ! — 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! Men at some times are masters of their fates:... | |
| 1835 - 510 sider
...concluded with the emphatic delivery of the lines from the speech of Cassius in Julius Caesar:— " He doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs To find ourselves dishonourable graves." This was accompanied by an angry look of ineffable contempt... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 362 sider
...poet. Of Milton it may be said, in the words of a poet as great as himself — " He dotb bestride the world Like a Colossus : and we petty men Walk under his huge legs." Nothing can be more astonishing than the composure and dignity with which, like his own Satan, he climbs... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 sider
...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 a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 sider
...believe that these applauses are For some new honors that are heaped on Caesar. Cos. 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 dishonorable graves. 1 The verb arrive is also used by Milton without... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 sider
...these applauses are For some new honours that are heap'd on Сггчаг. Соя. Why, man, ho doth the field, or speech for truce, Success, or loss, what is, or is not, serves hu£»e leg«, and pet- p about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters... | |
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