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" 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. "
Typographical Journal - Page 128
1905
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Select plays [5 plays], with notes and an intr. to each play and a life of ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...shout ! I do 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...
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Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life

Alan Schom - 1998 - 948 pages
...1800-1815. I. Title. DC2O3-S36 1997 944.05^92 — dc*i 97-5805 ISBN 0-06-092958-8 (pbk.) 03 0405»/RRD 1098 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 were masters of their...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...in water. 10274 Henry ViII Some come to take their ease And sleep an act or two. 10275JuliusCaesar sweats, None legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their...
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Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891

Roderick J. Barman - 1999 - 582 pages
...country." 78 In sum, politicians of both ruling parties echoed Cassius's complaint against Julius Caesar: "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." 75 Given that by 1872 Pedro II had been...
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Words that Make a Difference and how to Use Them in a Masterly Way

Robert Greenman - 2000 - 468 pages
...too hard-core a term for this Federal cinema verite — when the boss takes three hours for lunch. 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. Men at some time are masters of their fates:...
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The Works of John Dryden, Volume 13

John Dryden - 1956 - 682 pages
...Julius Caesar (I, ii, 135-138), where Cassius describes Caesar's greatness ironically in similar terms: 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. 71 Tyrants of all Nature. For Dryden's own...
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Shakespeare Stories II

Leon Garfield - 1995 - 328 pages
...and arrogant thing he had become. "Why, man," cried Cassius, seizing his friend by the arm, "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!" At the word 'dishonourable' Brutus flushed...
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Giulio Cesare

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 248 pages
...these applauses are For some new honours that are heaped on Caesar. CASSIUS Why, man, he doth bestrěde the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Lo fece. II torrente ruggiva e noi Lo...
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Julius Caesar

Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 40 pages
...not want him to accept it. Disappointment was the reason for Caesar's sullen looks. Caesar's ambition 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. Act i Sc ii 14 Caesar's comments on Cassius...
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Shakespeare: la invención de lo humano

Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...('lugar', 'espacio'), que en tiempos de Shakespeare se pronunciaban igual. (N. del T.) 14. Cassius. 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...
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