Comparaison entre "le Jules César" de Voltaire et celui de Shakspeare

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Kaestner, 1872 - 42 sider
 

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Side 35 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Side 33 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!
Side 39 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great?
Side 35 - It must be by his death: and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown'd: How that might change his nature, there's the question: It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking.
Side 28 - Ne vous alarmez poinl ; ce nom que je déteste , Ce nom seul de tyran l'emporte sur le reste. Le sénat, Rome, et vous, vous avez tous ma foi ; Le bien du monde entier me parle contre un roi. J'embrasse avec horreur une vertu cruelle; J'en frissonne à vos yeux , mais je vous suis fidèle. César me va parler; que ne puis-je aujourd'hui L'attendrir, le changer, sauver...
Side 33 - If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye, and death i...

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