 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 psl.
...Caesar must bleed for it ! And, gentle friends, Let 's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let 's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcase fit for hounds : And let our hearts, as subtle masters do, Stir up their servants to an act... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 psl.
...blood : O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit, And not dismember Cœsar ! But alas, Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; Let 's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcase fit for hounds : And let our... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 418 psl.
...Caesar must bleed for it ! And, gentle friends. Let 's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let 'a carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds : And let our hearts, as subtle masters do, Stir up their servants to an act of rage, And after seem... | |
 | Meredith Anne Skura - 1993 - 348 psl.
...preparation of meat. This is of course what Brutus had done when he had tried to rationalize Caesar's murder: "Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, / Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds" (JC 2.1.173-74). What Brutus does not see is that the aristocratic hunt is, like any performance, both... | |
 | Stanley J. Scott - 1991 - 334 psl.
...Tarquin. He says so in his great speech to the conspirators: Let's be sacrificers but not butchers, Caius, Let's kill him boldly but not wrathfully; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods. (Hi 166-1 73) Brutus interprets sacrifice as a re-enactment of the foundational violence, the expulsion... | |
 | Maynard Mack - 1993 - 300 psl.
...about to do. Caesar is to bleed, but, as Brutus has said, they will sublimate the act into a sacrifice: Let's kill him boldly but not wrathfully; Let's carve...the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. (2.1.172) In performance, everything in the scene will reflect this ceremonial attitude to emphasize... | |
 | Richard Courtney - 1995 - 274 psl.
...no blood. O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit, And not dismember Caesar! But, alas, Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends, Let's kill...the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. (166-1 74) Brutus finally accepts his assassin's role only if the conspirators play the roles of sacrificers:... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 psl.
...religious language to justify the conspiracy. They are to be "sacrificers, but not butchers" (2.1.166), to "carve him as a dish fit for the gods not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds" (2.1.173-174), to act as "purgers, not murderers" (2.1.180). Sacrifice is a cleansing rite, removing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 psl.
...itl And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathful) y ; Let's carve him as a dish tit 996 And let our beans, as subtle masters do, Stir up their servants to an act of rage, And after seem to... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 psl.
...no blood. O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit, And not dismember Caesar! But, alas, Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends, Let's kill...the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. (2.1.166-74) God-meat or dog-meat, we might retort, the effect on Caesar will be just the same. Still... | |
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Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds... 
