Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text (1892) (14778675931)

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Title: Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Raymond, Robert Reikes, 1817-1888, (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publisher: New York, Fords, Howard, and Hulbert
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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warned him against Antony and Dolabella as dangerous, As for thosefat men and smooth-combed heads, I never reckon of them ; but these pale-visaged and car-rion-lean people, I fear them most, — meaning Brutics and Cassius, adds the historian. 162 SHAKESPEARE FOR THE YOUNG FOLK. As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spiritThat could be moved to smile at anything.Such men as he be never at hearts ease,While they behold a greater than themselves,And therefore are they very dangerous.I rather tell thee what is to be feared,Than what I fear, for always I am Caesar.Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf,And tell me truly what thou thinkst of him. So the train passed on ; but Casca, an enemy of Caesar, and one who con-cealed under a rude and careless manner a deeply dangerous disposition, in obe-dience to a sign from Brutus remained behind. Casca. You pulled me by the cloak : would you speak with me ?Brutus. Ay, Casca ; tell us what hath chanced to-day,That Caesar looks so (grave).
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Casca. Why, you were with him, were you not ? Brutus. I should not then ask Casca what hath chanced. _ Casca. Why, there was a crown offered him : and, being offered him, he put it bywith the back of his hand, thus ; and then the people fell a shouting. JULIUS OESAR. 163 Bruizes. What was the second noise for ? Casca. Why, for that too. Cassius. They shouted thrice : what was the last cry for ? Casca. Why, for that too. Brutus. Was the crown offered him thrice ? Casca. Ay, marry, was it, and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than theother ; and at every putting-by mine honest neighbors shouted. Cassius. Who offered him the crown ? Casca. Why, Antony. Brutus. Tell us the manner of it, gentle Casca. Casca. I can as well be hanged, as tell the manner of it : it was mere foolery ; Idid not mark it. I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown: —yet twas not a crownneither, t was one of these coronets,a— and, as I told you, he put it by once: but, forall that, to my thinking, he would fai