 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...lay scatter'd by. — (King Richard III. Act I.) Description of Cleop'atra sailing down the Cydnus. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...own person, It beggar'd all description: she did lie hi her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er -picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I -will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten...description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold and1 tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out- work nature : on each side her,... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - Queens - 1854 - 452 pages
...scene by the hand of our greatest poet : — " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the....made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amoroua of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 630 pages
...Cydnus. Agr. There she appear'd indeed, or my reporter devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you : ls The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see le The reader may be pleased to compare Dryden's description with that of Shakespeare : " Her galley... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 806 pages
...poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them:4* the oars were silver; Which to the tune of flutes...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar' d all description : she did He In her pavilion , (cloth of gold of tissue) *5 O'er-picturing... | |
 | George William Curtis - Egypt - 1856 - 382 pages
...gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes : " The barge sbe sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold, Purple the...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'erpicturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 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...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'crpicturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 736 pages
...was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them ; (37) the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes...beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth-of-gold of tissue), O'er-picturing that Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature : on each... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 736 pages
...to her. Eno. When she first met Mark Antony, she pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised...description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, and tissue *) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out- work nature : on each side her,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...Lucifer, Never to hope again. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNl'9. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy outwork nature; on each side her Stood pretty dimpled... | |
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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... 
