 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 704 pages
...imposing additional taxes on a people already so much burthened, he exclaimed with the poet, — " By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, " And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring " From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash." On a division, the motion... | |
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 702 pages
...of imposing additional taxes on a people already so much burthened, he exclaimed with the poet,— " By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, " And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring " From the hard hauds of peasants their vile trash." On a division, the motion... | |
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 738 pages
...of imposing additional taxes on a people already so much burthened, he exclaimed with the poet,— " By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, " And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring " From the hard hauds of peasants their vile trash." On a division, the motion... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - English language - 1926 - 492 pages
...Retired Cat, 83. Instances of the opposite practice appear to be less frequent. See also 5, Obs. II. By heaven I had rather coin my heart, | And drop my blood lor drachmas, than to wring I From the hard hands ol peasants their vile trash | By any Indirection.... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1914 - 532 pages
...that it is disposed ' ; and which imports a strange irony into his own boast : — ' For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection : . . .... | |
 | Recitations - 1913 - 624 pages
...Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which thou denied me ; For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. I did... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
..."I did send to you," Brutus goes on, For certain sums of gold, which you denied me; For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart And drop my blood for drachmas than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. I did send... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 396 pages
...Brutus had rather be a villager Than to repute himself a son of Borne." (Julim Gcsar, 1, 2, 172.) (3) "By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than lo wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash." ( Julius Casar, 4, 3, 72.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1967 - 262 pages
...state demands immediate finance, it is Cassius who must supply him because, as he says, / can raise no money by vile means; By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. ^.3.71-5... | |
 | Richard Courtney - Drama - 1995 - 274 pages
...Cassius for money. Brutus' army needs immediate funds. It is Cassius who must supply him, For I can raise no money by vile means; By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. (71-75)... | |
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For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection. 
