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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... "
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ... - Page 155
by John Bartlett - 1903 - 1158 pages
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Jacob Faithful

Frederick Marryat - 1842 - 414 pages
...theatrical airs of the speaker, vho immediately recommenced — "The barge she sat in, like aburnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water — the poop was beaten...faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, Itbeggar'd all description." "Come, I'll be blowed but we've had enough of that, so just shut your...
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Travels in Europe and the East

Valentine Mott - 1842 - 468 pages
...ornaments, glittering like a magic scene of enchantment in the sun and on the waves. " The barge he sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burn'd on the water...silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, aud made The water which they beat to follow faster." Three or four of his favourites accompanied him....
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Travels in Europe and the East: Embracing Observations Made During a Tour ...

Valentine Mott - 1842 - 490 pages
...he sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the nils, and so perfumed that The winds were lovesick with...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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Travels in Europe and the East: Embracing Observations Made During a Tour ...

Valentine Mott - 1842 - 504 pages
...and on the waves. " The barge he sat in, like a bnmish'd throDe Burn'd on the water : the poop waa beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that...silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, andViade The water which they beat to follow faster." Three or four of his favourites accompanied him....
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 606 pages
...Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see,...
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The Modern History and Condition of Egypt: Its Climate, Diseases ..., Volume 1

William Holt Yates - 1843 - 634 pages
...illustration of the subject before us. Enobarbus says to Agrippa, on his return from the east, — " The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burn'd...strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description; she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'erpicturing that Venus, where we see, The...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 600 pages
...Cydnus. Ayr. There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 606 pages
...barge she sat in, like a bnrnish'd throne, Burn'd ofi the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Piirple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick...strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see,...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : — The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, ' ; ' : i , . ; -•; ':,' •• , • \ -- ' :^.. As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,...
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : — The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...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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