 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 666 pages
...reporter devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you ; The Barge fhe fat in, like a Burnifli'd Throne Burnt on the water; the Poop was beaten Gold, Purple the Sails, and fo perfumed, that The Winds wtre Love-fick. With them the Oars were Silver, Which to the tune of Flutes... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 394 pages
...ever fears he fhall be poor. jFa&oBarge. "E.no. The Barge fhe fat in, like a burnifli'd Throne Burnt on the Water ; the Poop was beaten Gold, Purple the Sails, and fb perfumed, that The Winds were Love-hck. With them the Oars were Silver, Which to the Tune of Flutes... | |
 | FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., LL.D. - 1850
...was, out of the ruins. I amused my fancy with the picture of the past, when Cleopatra ruled, and " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned...winds were lovesick with them ; the oars were silver." ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Alexandria, whether it be Greek, Roman, Christian or Patriarchal, Saracenic,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were Eno. I will tell you: silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...devised well for her. £720. 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; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The... | |
 | John Griffiths (M. D.) - 1805 - 440 pages
...poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with 'em ; th' oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The waters which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes — For her own person, It beggar'd... | |
 | John Griffiths (M. D.) - 1805 - 442 pages
...the following account of it : — " The Cydnus * THE barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with 'em ; th' oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...of one body upon another. The oar's were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroie, and macle The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. Sbakspeare. His white-man'd steeds, that bow'd beneath the yoke, lie dicir'd to coixigc v.'itli a gentle... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...CLEOPATRA'S sailing down the CYDNUS. (SHAKESPEARE.) THE barge she sat in, like a burnish' d throne, Burnt on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : th' oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 pages
...not the aquatic pomp of Cleopatra, although " The barg-e she sat in like a burnish'd throne " Burnt on the water; the poop was beaten gold, " Purple the sails, and so performed, that " The winds were lovesick with them." The blunder of the waiter added not a little... | |
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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 lovesick with them... 
