...thou a fev'rous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honor. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corp'ral sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. Reiohtlion from a Sense of Honor. Claud....

...nerves, 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...poor beetle that we tread upon In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. A profound sentence, which has been strangely perverted...

...thimbles." — A touch, by the way, quite Sliakspearean ; as, where the bard says, — " The poor hectic that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies." No doubt: but quere — how great a pang does the poor beetle find, whe* a giant dies ? Let us return....

...on this occasioo, "',ould eeem to comprehend coofet' tkra. communion, -t' lo *fcsohitinn. STKKVFX--. Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And thr- poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal suiferance finds a pang as great , As when a giant...

...thee, Clnudio : and I quakr. Lest thou a IVveiona life should'st entertain, Aud six or sevuu maters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou...we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang a: great As when a giant dies. Claudia. Why give yon me this shame ? Think you I can a resolution fetch...

...leave you naked. Claud. Let me know the point. Isa. O, I do fear thee, Claudio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life should'st entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Barest thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon,...

...which insects every day present to us, proving that the very converse of our great poet's conclusion, " The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as As when a giant dies," must be regarded as nearer the truth . Not to mention the peculiar organization...

...you naked. Claud. Let me know the point. Isab. O, I do fear thee, Claudio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life should'st entertain. And six or seven...perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is mcst in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang...

...you naked. Cland. Let me know the point. Isab. O, I do fear thee, Clandio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven...sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. Cland. Why give you me this shame ! Think you I can a resolution fetch From flowery tenderness? If...

...you naked. CLAUD. Let me know the point. ISAB. O, I do fear thee, Claudio ; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life should'st entertain, And six or seven...thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; vines, and have all charitable preparation." The King in Hamlet, who was cut off prematurely, and...