| Dieter Mehl - Drama - 1986 - 286 pages
...Brutus' idealizing image of a disinterested sacrifice: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou...of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! (111.1.2.54-8) After the calculated diplomacy of... | |
| Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...anger and hatred that pour out in his prophecy. Antony: O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou...of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy — Which like... | |
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