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... anfwers to its original , allouėr , ą louer , laudare . II . Fairfax perhaps may be of fome authority with our commentator , for I find his name used to au- thorize thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra PREFACE .
... anfwers to its original , allouėr , ą louer , laudare . II . Fairfax perhaps may be of fome authority with our commentator , for I find his name used to au- thorize thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra PREFACE .
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John Upton. thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra , AЯ I. " So He [ Antony ] nodded , " And foberly did mount an ARM - GAUNT fteed . " An ARM - GAUNT steed . ] i . e . his fteed worn " lean and thin by much ...
John Upton. thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra , AЯ I. " So He [ Antony ] nodded , " And foberly did mount an ARM - GAUNT fteed . " An ARM - GAUNT steed . ] i . e . his fteed worn " lean and thin by much ...
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... Cleopatra . Let Rome in Tyber meit , and the wide arch Of the rais'd empire fall , here is my space , Kingdoms are clay , & c . Nor with less art has Shakespeare expreffed the coquetry of the wanton Cleopatra . When he defcribes nature ...
... Cleopatra . Let Rome in Tyber meit , and the wide arch Of the rais'd empire fall , here is my space , Kingdoms are clay , & c . Nor with less art has Shakespeare expreffed the coquetry of the wanton Cleopatra . When he defcribes nature ...
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... Cleopatra , Achates Maecenas or Agrippa , Iapis Antonius Mufa , & c . what was this but playing the Procruftes with historical facts ? SUPPOSE , in like manner , one had a mind to try the fame experiment on Milton , and to imagine that ...
... Cleopatra , Achates Maecenas or Agrippa , Iapis Antonius Mufa , & c . what was this but playing the Procruftes with historical facts ? SUPPOSE , in like manner , one had a mind to try the fame experiment on Milton , and to imagine that ...
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... vivunt . In Antony and Cleopatra , Act II . Antony fays of Octavius , His quails ever beat mine . The lewdness of this bird is mention'd by Xenophon in his memoirs of Socrates , L. II . c N 3 Sect . 6 . on SHAKESPEARE . 181 ...
... vivunt . In Antony and Cleopatra , Act II . Antony fays of Octavius , His quails ever beat mine . The lewdness of this bird is mention'd by Xenophon in his memoirs of Socrates , L. II . c N 3 Sect . 6 . on SHAKESPEARE . 181 ...
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