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" The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water... "
The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a memoir and ... - Page 534
by William Shakespeare - 1843
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...Mec. She 'sa most triumphant lady, if report be square to her. Eno. When she first met Marc Antony, she pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus....and made The water which they beat to follow faster, SM i As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 600 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 48

1850 - 536 pages
...of a master's hand. "CLEOPATRA. DAHBT'S PICTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN UVEF.X EMBAHKINO ON THE CYDNUS.) " ' The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.' — SHAKSPBABB. " Flutes in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry...
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Lights and Shadows of African History, Volume 10

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 352 pages
...may be pleased to see it in the coloring of Shakspeare, closely copied from the draft of Plutarch. " The barge she sat in like a burnished throne Burned...silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke." " For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne , Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person , It beggar'd all description : she did lie ID her...
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The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power: With an Introductory Account of ...

Clinton G. Gilroy - 1844 - 674 pages
...description of Cleopatra's voyage down the Cnydus : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description ; she did lie In her pavilion...
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The oriental rambler, or, The papers of Polyphilus

Polyphilus (pseud.) - 1844 - 268 pages
...down the Cydnus. The barge she sat in, like a burnish' d throne Burn'd on the water : the poop n as beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It begjjar'd all description : she did lie In her...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 5

1845 - 606 pages
...SHAKSPEARE'S ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. See Plate. THE barge she sat in, like a burnisb'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, Aa amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion,...
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Travels in Europe and the East ...: In the Years 1834, '35, '36, '37, '38 ...

Valentine Mott - 1845 - 470 pages
...scene of enchantment in the sun and on the waves. " The barge he sat in, like a bumish'd throne Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...made The water which they beat to follow faster." Three or four of his favourites accompanied him. The other barges contained the rest of his court....
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The art of waeving by hand and by power

Clinton G. Gilroy - 1845 - 680 pages
...description of Cleopatra's voyage down the Cnydus : "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description ; she did lie In her pavilion...
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