The Tragedie of Anthonie and CleopatraLippincott, 1907 - 614 páginas Presents the romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt. |
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Página xvi
... seems to me , —as a scolding match . ' Octavia is , perhaps , a little less queenly than Cleo- patra , but both are as dignified as were , probably , any high - born women whom DRYDEN had ever seen . One retort there is of Cleopatra ...
... seems to me , —as a scolding match . ' Octavia is , perhaps , a little less queenly than Cleo- patra , but both are as dignified as were , probably , any high - born women whom DRYDEN had ever seen . One retort there is of Cleopatra ...
Página xix
... seems to have invaded the conception of her character by the various dram- atists . This conception ranges from a beatification , with a benig- nity which enfolds even Octavia , to a blood - thirsty ferocity , which , in one instance ...
... seems to have invaded the conception of her character by the various dram- atists . This conception ranges from a beatification , with a benig- nity which enfolds even Octavia , to a blood - thirsty ferocity , which , in one instance ...
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... seems to be agreed that this spelling is right ) was born between B.C. 73 and 63 ; his family was of high antiquity and traced its descent from an Etruscan source . All that we know of his life is to be gathered from scattered notices ...
... seems to be agreed that this spelling is right ) was born between B.C. 73 and 63 ; his family was of high antiquity and traced its descent from an Etruscan source . All that we know of his life is to be gathered from scattered notices ...
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... seems to have been of a thoroughly mercenary character , and , in looking after the main chance , assumed and threw off allegiance with as much indifference as a huntsman , his pack . ' In B.C. 39 , when Antony and Octavius were ...
... seems to have been of a thoroughly mercenary character , and , in looking after the main chance , assumed and threw off allegiance with as much indifference as a huntsman , his pack . ' In B.C. 39 , when Antony and Octavius were ...
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... seems to have stayed at Rome till his death , B.C. 44. She had a son by him named Cæsarion , who was afterwards put to death by Octavius . After the death of Cæsar , she fled to Egypt , and in the troubles which ensued she took the side ...
... seems to have stayed at Rome till his death , B.C. 44. She had a son by him named Cæsarion , who was afterwards put to death by Octavius . After the death of Cæsar , she fled to Egypt , and in the troubles which ensued she took the side ...
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Página 345 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Página 178 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Página 27 - And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Página 294 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Página xv - His legs bestrid the ocean : his rear'd arm Crested the world : his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends ; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There...
Página 485 - O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n : young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
Página 117 - I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee!
Página 307 - As an unperfect actor on the stage Who with his fear is put besides his part, Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage, Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart...
Página 578 - Egypt, thou knew'st too well My heart was to thy rudder tied by the strings, And thou should'st tow me after ; o'er my spirit Thy full supremacy thou knew'st, and that Thy beck might from the bidding of the gods Command me. Cleo. O ! my pardon. Ant. Now I must To the young man send humble treaties, dodge And palter in the shifts of lowness, who With half the bulk o...
Página 135 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...