| William Sloane Coffin - 2004 - 114 psl.
...ENVIRONMENT "The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork." Psalm 19:1 "O! pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!" William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar "Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of... | |
| Andrew Hadfield - 2005 - 392 psl.
...republican virtue - to the same end as he demonstrates in his soliloquy over the dead body of Caesar: O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to... | |
| Ernest Schanzer - 2005 - 216 psl.
...here lie! From Antony's soliloquy we realize that even the huntingmetaphor was a form of flattery. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! It is an ironic comment on Brutus's illusions and his 'Let us be sacrificers, but not... | |
| Nicholas Brooke - 2005 - 240 psl.
...Antony's speech over Caesar's body seems to roll Titus, The Spanish Tragedy, and Richard II all up in one: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to... | |
| Jennifer Mulherin, William Shakespeare, Abigail Frost - 2004 - 164 psl.
...Caesar was ambitious, he tells the people, and would have made slaves of them all. Mark Antony's lament O! pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That evcr lived in the tide of times. Woe to... | |
| Ed Kovens - 2006 - 187 psl.
...citizens at the Forum. The Senators exit, leaving him alone with the body, whereupon he delivers the "O, pardon me thou bleeding piece of earth, that I am meek and gentle with these butchers" speech, ending with "With carrion men, groaning for burial, " to be interrupted by... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2007 - 1288 psl.
...more. MARCUS BRUTUS. Prepare the body, then, and follow us. [Exeunt all but ANTONY. MARCUS ANTONIUS. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to... | |
| Jack Richardson - 2009 - 194 psl.
...apostrophe, as is Marc Antony's address to Caesar's corpse in William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar': 'O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!... Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!...' Julius Caesar i apprenticeship... | |
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