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Her gentlewomen , like the Nereides , So many mermaids , tended her i ' the eyes
? , 9 O'er picturing that Venus , where we see , & c . ] Meaning the Venus of
Protogenes , mentioned by Pliny , 1. xxxv . C. X. : WARBURTON . " And what they
...
Her gentlewomen , like the Nereides , So many mermaids , tended her i ' the eyes
? , 9 O'er picturing that Venus , where we see , & c . ] Meaning the Venus of
Protogenes , mentioned by Pliny , 1. xxxv . C. X. : WARBURTON . " And what they
...
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... or holes without eyes , pitifully disfigure the countenance . “ The sphere in
which the eye moves " is an expression which Shakspeare has often used . Thus
, in his 119th Sonnet : How have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted , ” & c .
... or holes without eyes , pitifully disfigure the countenance . “ The sphere in
which the eye moves " is an expression which Shakspeare has often used . Thus
, in his 119th Sonnet : How have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted , ” & c .
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I once thought , their bends referred to Cleopatra's eyes , and not to her
gentlewomen . Her attendants , in order to learn their mistress's will , watched the
motion of her eyes , the bends or movements of which added new lustre to her
beauty .
I once thought , their bends referred to Cleopatra's eyes , and not to her
gentlewomen . Her attendants , in order to learn their mistress's will , watched the
motion of her eyes , the bends or movements of which added new lustre to her
beauty .
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 12 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | James Boswell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | AMS Press, 1966 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 23 May 2017 |
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