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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... "
Pearls of Shakspeare, a collection of the most brilliant passages found in ... - Page 90
by William Shakespeare - 1860
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The Shakespearian Tempest: With a Chart of Shakespeare's Dramatic Universe

G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...tempests is the description of Cleopatra in her barge at Cydnus: Enobarbus. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the...beggar'd all description: she did lie In her pavilion— doth-of-gold of tissue — O'er-picturing that Venus where we see The fancy outrwork nature: on each...
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The Imperial Theme

George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...is Enobarbus* description of Cleopatra's meeting with Antony: Enobarbus. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the...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...
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Gendered spaces: Wandel des "Weiblichen" im englischen Diskurs der frühen ...

Martina Mittag - English literature - 2002 - 280 pages
...Monolog des Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra, UU 1 94-245 : The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne,/ Burn'd on the water. The poop was beaten...amorous of their strokes. For her own person,/ It bcggar'd all description: she did lie/ In her pavilion - cloth-of-gold of tissue — / O'er-picturing...
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Shakespeare's Tragic Skepticism

Millicent Bell - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 316 pages
...the queen called Gloriana by the Elizabethans: 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'erpicturing...
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Shakespeare: For All Time

Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 494 pages
...much of North's phraseology remains in lines that nevertheless achieve complete poetic independence: The poop was beaten gold: Purple the sails, and so...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'er-picturing that...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative

H. Porter Abbott - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 230 pages
...to describe Antony's first view of Cleopatra: The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold, Purple the...which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.9 This is not what anyone would call detached, objective reporting. Enobarbus draws on a diverse...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 6

Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 2002 - 208 pages
...people cold and to the famous description of Cleopatra's first meeting with Antony (n, ii, 197-201): Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes and here, as in the Edward HI passage, there is a lavish use of gold and silver.13 There remain to...
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy

Claire McEachern - Drama - 2002 - 310 pages
...detailed recital of Cleopatra's river journey: The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the...were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke (2.2.201-5) And yet as luscious as the sounds and pictures may be, even those images employed for their...
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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach

Patrick Tucker - Performing Arts - 2002 - 316 pages
...rell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned on the warer. The poop was bearen gold1 Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were...with them. The oars were silver. Which to the tune of flures kept stroke, and made The warer which they beat to follow fasrer, As amorous of theit strokes....
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The art of acting: seni peran untuk teater, film dan TV

Eka D. Sitorus - Acting - 2002 - 280 pages
...Cleopatra (Anthony dan Cleopatra karya Shakespeare). Di sana kita melihat bermacam kesan. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burn'd on the...the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails; and so parfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes...
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