Three subjects more or less connected formed into one continuous poem or subject: thus the Creation, Redemption, and Resurrection would form a triad. The conquest of England by the Romans…
Joshua, David, and Judas & Maccabaeus;; Hector, Alexander, and Julius & Caesar;; Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon. Nine worthies were they called, of different rites-…
(The). Is in train, is stirring. Il marche bien, it goes well; ca ira. Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot; Take thou what course thou wilt. Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, iii. 2.…
A curtailed oath. “Go to the devil!” or some such phrase. Cassius: I [am] able than yourself To make conditions. Brutus: Go to! You are not, Cassius.' Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. GO…
Zenodotos invented the terms singular, plural, and dual. The scholars of Alexandria and of the rival academy of Pergamos were the first to distinguish language into parts of speech, and to…
The civil year, according to the correction introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. The equinox which occurred on the 25th of March, in the time of Julius Caesar, fell on the 11th of…
The custom of appointing men of mark for pall-bearers, has come to us from the Romans. Julius Caesar had magistrates for his pall-bearers, Augustus Caesar had senators; Germanicus had…
An itching palm. A hand ready to receive bribes. The old superstition is that if your palm itches you are going to receive money. Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned…
(Marcus). Cæsar's friend, joined the conspirators to murder him, because he made himself a king. And thou, unhappy Brutus, kind of heart, Whose steady arm, by awful virtue urged, Lifted…
