 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned 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,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...and the scenery, I envied not the pomp of Cleopatra, although " The barge ibe sat in like a bumith'd throne Burnt on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so performed, that The winds were love-sick with them." In this agreeable manner three hours and a half... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell ybti : 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 oar* were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,8 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 524 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 sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver j Which to the tune of flutes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 388 pages
...devised well forjier. Ent>, I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,8 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...descrihing Cleopatra on shipboard, appears to me exceptionable : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten gold,...and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with 'em. Antony and Cleopatra, Act II. Sc. 3, The winds in their impetuous course have so much the appearance... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Description of Cleopatra's Sailing down the Cydnns. 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 ELEGANT EXTRACTS, BOOK III. The winds were love-sick with them : th' oai were silver... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...rich and poetical description of her person, beginning— " The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick"— seems to prepare the way for, and almost to justify the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...rich and poetical description of her person, beginning — " The barge she sat in, like a bnrnnh'd throne, Burnt on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were lovesick" — seems to prepare the way for, and almost to justify, the... | |
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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,... 
