...life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great, As when a giant dies. Claud — Ay, but to die, and go...

...moment. Shakspeare perhaps has given rise to the opinion of insect suffering by the famous lines — " The poor beetle that we tread upon feels A pang as great as when a giant dies." A sentiment beautiful, and most happily expressed, yet certainly false. The insect killed by the fish,...

...my brother's life. Let me be ignorant, and in nothing good, But graciously to know I am no better. The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies ! "Pis not impossible But one, the...

...lively and tenacious, and animating so vast a bulk. And though it be true what the dramatic poet said, The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang As great as when a giant dies^ yet I am not one that can coolly...

...should'st entertain, And six or seven winters more respect • Than a perpetual honor. Dar'at thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. Claud. Why give you me this shame?...

...life should'st entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. RESOLUTION FROM A SENSE OF HONODB....

...makes some fancy themselves cowards, who, when called to the test, may perhaps prove heroes ; for " The sense of death is most in apprehension — And the poor beetle that we tread upon In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies " A profound sentence, which has...

...respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? Claud. Let me know the point. * Old ape. t Besident. The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. Cland. Why give you me this shame...

...Than a perpetual honour.' And now comes the utmost force of her appeal : — ' Barest thou die ? T/ie sense of death is most in apprehension. And the poor beetle that tre tread upon In corporal sufferance finds a pang us great As ickeit a gUuit dies' Thus she shows,...

...life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, , In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies ' CLAUD. Why give you me this shame...