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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1290 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1290
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The Genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council; and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
The nature of an insurrection.
ATTRIBUTION:Julius Cæsar. Act ii. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.