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| Calphurnia. | Calphurnia. | JC I.ii.1.1 |
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| Calphurnia. | Calphurnia. | JC I.ii.1.3 |
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| Stand you directly in Antonio's way, | Stand you directly in Antonius' way | JC I.ii.3 |
| When he doth run his course. Antonio. | When he doth run his course. Antonius. | JC I.ii.4 |
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| Forget not in your speed Antonio, | Forget not, in your speed, Antonius, | JC I.ii.6 |
| To touch Calphurnia: for our Elders say, | To touch Calphurnia; for our elders say, | JC I.ii.7 |
| The Barren touched in this holy chace, | The barren, touched in this holy chase, | JC I.ii.8 |
| Shake off their sterrile curse. | Shake off their sterile curse. | JC I.ii.9.1 |
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| Set on, and leaue no Ceremony out. | Set on, and leave no ceremony out. | JC I.ii.11 |
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| Ha? Who calles? | Ha! Who calls? | JC I.ii.13 |
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| Who is it in the presse, that calles on me? | Who is it in the press that calls on me? | JC I.ii.15 |
| I heare a Tongue shriller then all the Musicke | I hear a tongue shriller than all the music | JC I.ii.16 |
| Cry, Casar: Speake, Casar is turn'd to heare. | Cry ‘ Caesar!’ Speak. Caesar is turned to hear. | JC I.ii.17 |
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| What man is that? | What man is that? | JC I.ii.18.2 |
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| Set him before me, let me see his face. | Set him before me; let me see his face. | JC I.ii.20 |
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| What sayst thou to me now? Speak once againe: | What sayst thou to me now? Speak once again. | JC I.ii.22 |
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| He is a Dreamer, let vs leaue him: Passe. | He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass. | JC I.ii.24 |
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| Antonio. | Antonius! | JC I.ii.189 |
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| Let me haue men about me, that are fat, | Let me have men about me that are fat, | JC I.ii.191 |
| Sleeke-headed men, and such as sleepe a-nights: | Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights. | JC I.ii.192 |
| Yond Cassius has a leane and hungry looke, | Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; | JC I.ii.193 |
| He thinkes too much: such men are dangerous. | He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. | JC I.ii.194 |
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| Would he were fatter; But I feare him not: | Would he were fatter! But I fear him not; | JC I.ii.197 |
| Yet if my name were lyable to feare, | Yet if my name were liable to fear, | JC I.ii.198 |
| I do not know the man I should auoyd | I do not know the man I should avoid | JC I.ii.199 |
| So soone as that spare Cassius. He reades much, | So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, | JC I.ii.200 |
| He is a great Obseruer, and he lookes | He is a great observer, and he looks | JC I.ii.201 |
| Quite through the Deeds of men. He loues no Playes, | Quite through the deeds of men. He loves no plays, | JC I.ii.202 |
| As thou dost Antony: he heares no Musicke; | As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; | JC I.ii.203 |
| Seldome he smiles, and smiles in such a sort | Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort | JC I.ii.204 |
| As if he mock'd himselfe, and scorn'd his spirit | As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit | JC I.ii.205 |
| That could be mou'd to smile at any thing. | That could be moved to smile at anything. | JC I.ii.206 |
| Such men as he, be neuer at hearts ease, | Such men as he be never at heart's ease | JC I.ii.207 |
| Whiles they behold a greater then themselues, | Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, | JC I.ii.208 |
| And therefore are they very dangerous. | And therefore are they very dangerous. | JC I.ii.209 |
| I rather tell thee what is to be fear'd, | I rather tell thee what is to be feared | JC I.ii.210 |
| Then what I feare: for alwayes I am Casar. | Than what I fear; for always I am Caesar. | JC I.ii.211 |
| Come on my right hand, for this eare is deafe, | Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf, | JC I.ii.212 |
| And tell me truely, what thou think'st of him. | And tell me truly what thou think'st of him. | JC I.ii.213 |
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| Nor Heauen, nor Earth, / Haue beene at peace to night: | Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonight; | JC II.ii.1 |
| Thrice hath Calphurnia, in her sleepe cryed out, | Thrice hath Calphurnia in her sleep cried out, | JC II.ii.2 |
| Helpe, ho: They murther Casar. Who's within? | ‘ Help, ho! They murder Caesar!’ Who's within? | JC II.ii.3 |
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| Go bid the Priests do present Sacrifice, | Go bid the priests do present sacrifice, | JC II.ii.5 |
| And bring me their opinions of Successe. | And bring me their opinions of success. | JC II.ii.6 |
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| Caesar shall forth; the things that threaten'd me, | Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me | JC II.ii.10 |
| Ne're look'd but on my backe: When they shall see | Ne'er looked but on my back; when they shall see | JC II.ii.11 |
| The face of Casar, they are vanished. | The face of Caesar, they are vanished. | JC II.ii.12 |
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| What can be auoyded | What can be avoided | JC II.ii.26.2 |
| Whose end is purpos'd by the mighty Gods? | Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods? | JC II.ii.27 |
| Yet Casar shall go forth: for these Predictions | Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions | JC II.ii.28 |
| Are to the world in generall, as to Casar. | Are to the world in general as to Caesar. | JC II.ii.29 |
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| Cowards dye many times before their deaths, | Cowards die many times before their deaths; | JC II.ii.32 |
| The valiant neuer taste of death but once: | The valiant never taste of death but once. | JC II.ii.33 |
| Of all the Wonders that I yet haue heard, | Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, | JC II.ii.34 |
| It seemes to me most strange that men should feare, | It seems to me most strange that men should fear, | JC II.ii.35 |
| Seeing that death, a necessary end | Seeing that death, a necessary end, | JC II.ii.36 |
| Will come, when it will come. | Will come when it will come. | JC II.ii.37.1 |
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| What say the Augurers? | What say the augurers? | JC II.ii.37.2 |
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| The Gods do this in shame of Cowardice: | The gods do this in shame of cowardice: | JC II.ii.41 |
| Casar should be a Beast without a heart | Caesar should be a beast without a heart | JC II.ii.42 |
| If he should stay at home to day for feare: | If he should stay at home today for fear. | JC II.ii.43 |
| No Casar shall not; Danger knowes full well | No, Caesar shall not. Danger knows full well | JC II.ii.44 |
| That Casar is more dangerous then he. | That Caesar is more dangerous than he. | JC II.ii.45 |
| We heare two Lyons litter'd in one day, | We are two lions littered in one day, | JC II.ii.46 |
| And I the elder and more terrible, | And I the elder and more terrible; | JC II.ii.47 |
| And Casar shall go foorth. | And Caesar shall go forth. | JC II.ii.48.1 |
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| Mark Antony shall say I am not well, | Mark Antony shall say I am not well, | JC II.ii.55 |
| And for thy humor, I will stay at home. | And for thy humour I will stay at home. | JC II.ii.56 |
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| Heere's Decius Brutus, he shall tell them so. | Here's Decius Brutus; he shall tell them so. | JC II.ii.57 |
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| And you are come in very happy time, | And you are come in very happy time | JC II.ii.60 |
| To beare my greeting to the Senators, | To bear my greeting to the senators, | JC II.ii.61 |
| And tell them that I will not come to day: | And tell them that I will not come today: | JC II.ii.62 |
| Cannot, is false: and that I dare not, falser: | Cannot, is false; and that I dare not, falser; | JC II.ii.63 |
| I will not come to day, tell them so Decius. | I will not come today. Tell them so, Decius. | JC II.ii.64 |
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| Shall Caesar send a Lye? | Shall Caesar send a lie? | JC II.ii.65.2 |
| Haue I in Conquest stretcht mine Arme so farre, | Have I in conquest stretched mine arm so far, | JC II.ii.66 |
| To be afear'd to tell Gray-beards the truth: | To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth? | JC II.ii.67 |
| Decius, go tell them, Casar will not come. | Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come. | JC II.ii.68 |
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| The cause is in my Will, I will not come, | The cause is in my will: I will not come; | JC II.ii.71 |
| That is enough to satisfie the Senate. | That is enough to satisfy the Senate. | JC II.ii.72 |
| But for your priuate satisfaction, | But for your private satisfaction, | JC II.ii.73 |
| Because I loue you, I will let you know. | Because I love you, I will let you know; | JC II.ii.74 |
| Calphurnia heere my wife, stayes me at home: | Calphurnia here, my wife, stays me at home. | JC II.ii.75 |
| She dreampt to night, she saw my Statue, | She dreamt tonight she saw my statue, | JC II.ii.76 |
| Which like a Fountaine, with an hundred spouts | Which, like a fountain with an hundred spouts, | JC II.ii.77 |
| Did run pure blood: and many lusty Romans | Did run pure blood; and many lusty Romans | JC II.ii.78 |
| Came smiling, & did bathe their hands in it: | Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it. | JC II.ii.79 |
| And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, | And these does she apply for warnings and portents | JC II.ii.80 |
| And euils imminent; and on her knee | And evils imminent; and on her knee | JC II.ii.81 |
| Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to day. | Hath begged that I will stay at home today. | JC II.ii.82 |
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| And this way haue you well expounded it. | And this way have you well expounded it. | JC II.ii.91 |
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| How foolish do your fears seeme now Calphurnia? | How foolish do your fears seem now, Calphurnia! | JC II.ii.105 |
| I am ashamed I did yeeld to them. | I am ashamed I did yield to them. | JC II.ii.106 |
| Giue me my Robe, for I will go. | Give me my robe, for I will go. | JC II.ii.107 |
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| And looke where Publius is come to fetch me. | And look where Publius is come to fetch me. | JC II.ii.108 |
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| Welcome Publius. | Welcome, Publius. | JC II.ii.109.2 |
| What Brutus, are you stirr'd so earely too? | What, Brutus, are you stirred so early too? | JC II.ii.110 |
| Good morrow Caska: Caius Ligarius, | Good morrow, Casca. Caius Ligarius, | JC II.ii.111 |
| Casar was ne're so much your enemy, | Caesar was ne'er so much your enemy | JC II.ii.112 |
| As that same Ague which hath made you leane. | As that same ague which hath made you lean. | JC II.ii.113 |
| What is't a Clocke? | What is't o'clock? | JC II.ii.114.1 |
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| I thanke you for your paines and curtesie. | I thank you for your pains and courtesy. | JC II.ii.115 |
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| See, Antony that Reuels long a-nights | See! Antony, that revels long a-nights, | JC II.ii.116 |
| Is notwithstanding vp. Good morrow Antony. | Is notwithstanding up. Good morrow, Antony. | JC II.ii.117 |
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| Bid them prepare within: | Bid them prepare within. | JC II.ii.118.2 |
| I am too blame to be thus waited for. | I am to blame to be thus waited for. | JC II.ii.119 |
| Now Cynna, now Metellus: what Trebonius, | Now, Cinna; now, Metellus; what, Trebonius; | JC II.ii.120 |
| I haue an houres talke in store for you: | I have an hour's talk in store for you; | JC II.ii.121 |
| Remember that you call on me to day: | Remember that you call on me today; | JC II.ii.122 |
| Be neere me, that I may remember you. | Be near me, that I may remember you. | JC II.ii.123 |
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| Good Friends go in, and taste some wine with me. | Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me; | JC II.ii.126 |
| And we (like Friends) will straight way go together. | And we, like friends, will straightway go together. | JC II.ii.127 |
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| The Ides of March are come. | (to the Soothsayer) The ides of March are come. | JC III.i.1 |
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| What touches vs our selfe, shall be last seru'd. | What touches us ourself shall be last served. | JC III.i.8 |
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| What, is the fellow mad? | What, is the fellow mad? | JC III.i.10.1 |
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| Are we all ready? What is now amisse, | Are we all ready? What is now amiss | JC III.i.31 |
| That Casar and his Senate must redresse? | That Caesar and his senate must redress? | JC III.i.32 |
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| I must preuent thee Cymber: | I must prevent thee, Cimber; | JC III.i.35.2 |
| These couchings, and these lowly courtesies | These couchings, and these lowly courtesies | JC III.i.36 |
| Might fire the blood of ordinary men, | Might fire the blood of ordinary men, | JC III.i.37 |
| And turne pre-Ordinance, and first Decree | And turn pre-ordinance and first decree | JC III.i.38 |
| Into the lane of Children. Be not fond, | Into the law of children. Be not fond, | JC III.i.39 |
| To thinke that Casar beares such Rebell blood | To think that Caesar bears such rebel blood | JC III.i.40 |
| That will be thaw'd from the true quality | That will be thawed from the true quality | JC III.i.41 |
| With that which melteth Fooles, I meane sweet words, | With that which melteth fools – I mean sweet words, | JC III.i.42 |
| Low-crooked-curtsies, and base Spaniell fawning: | Low-crooked curtsies and base spaniel fawning. | JC III.i.43 |
| Thy Brother by decree is banished: | Thy brother by decree is banished: | JC III.i.44 |
| If thou doest bend, and pray, and fawne for him, | If thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him, | JC III.i.45 |
| I spurne thee like a Curre out of my way: | I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. | JC III.i.46 |
| Know, Casar doth not wrong, nor without cause | Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause | JC III.i.47 |
| Will he be satisfied. | Will he be satisfied. | JC III.i.48 |
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| What Brutus? | What, Brutus? | JC III.i.55.1 |
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| I could be well mou'd, if I were as you, | I could be well moved, if I were as you; | JC III.i.58 |
| If I could pray to mooue, Prayers would mooue me: | If I could pray to move, prayers would move me; | JC III.i.59 |
| But I am constant as the Northerne Starre, | But I am constant as the northern star, | JC III.i.60 |
| Of whose true fixt, and resting quality, | Of whose true-fixed and resting quality | JC III.i.61 |
| There is no fellow in the Firmament. | There is no fellow in the firmament. | JC III.i.62 |
| The Skies are painted with vnnumbred sparkes, | The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks, | JC III.i.63 |
| They are all Fire, and euery one doth shine: | They are all fire, and every one doth shine; | JC III.i.64 |
| But, there's but one in all doth hold his place. | But there's but one in all doth hold his place. | JC III.i.65 |
| So, in the World; 'Tis furnish'd well with Men, | So in the world: 'tis furnished well with men, | JC III.i.66 |
| And Men are Flesh and Blood, and apprehensiue; | And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive; | JC III.i.67 |
| Yet in the number, I do know but One | Yet in the number I do know but one | JC III.i.68 |
| That vnassayleable holds on his Ranke, | That unassailable holds on his rank, | JC III.i.69 |
| Vnshak'd of Motion: and that I am he, | Unshaked of motion; and that I am he, | JC III.i.70 |
| Let me a little shew it, euen in this: | Let me a little show it, even in this: | JC III.i.71 |
| That I was constant Cymber should be banish'd, | That I was constant Cimber should be banished, | JC III.i.72 |
| And constant do remaine to keepe him so. | And constant do remain to keep him so. | JC III.i.73 |
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| Hence: Wilt thou lift vp Olympus? | Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus? | JC III.i.74.2 |
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| Doth not Brutus bootlesse kneele? | Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? | JC III.i.75.2 |
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| Et Tu Brute? ---Then fall Casar. | Et tu, Brute? – Then fall Caesar! | JC III.i.77 |