Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays,: As They are Now Performed at the Theatres Royal in London; : Regulated from the Prompt Books of Each House by Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; by the Authors of the Dramatic Censor, Volume 6 |
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Page 261
Antony and Cleopatra are the chief marked characters in it : be is a flighty
infatuated have to an excess of love and luxury ; Joe a tinsel pattern of vanity and
female cunning , which work the downfal of both . A double moral may be inferred
...
Antony and Cleopatra are the chief marked characters in it : be is a flighty
infatuated have to an excess of love and luxury ; Joe a tinsel pattern of vanity and
female cunning , which work the downfal of both . A double moral may be inferred
...
Page 262
ALEXAS , MARDIAN an Eunuch , Attendants upon SeleucUS , DIOMEDES , and
Cleopatra . Clown , CLEOPATRA , Queen of Egypt . OCTAVIA , Wife to Antony .
CHARMIAN , IRAS , } Attendants on Cleopatra . Other Attendants , Officers ...
ALEXAS , MARDIAN an Eunuch , Attendants upon SeleucUS , DIOMEDES , and
Cleopatra . Clown , CLEOPATRA , Queen of Egypt . OCTAVIA , Wife to Antony .
CHARMIAN , IRAS , } Attendants on Cleopatra . Other Attendants , Officers ...
Page 324
To try thy eloquence , now ' tis time : Dispatch ; From Antony win Cleopatra :
promise , And in our name , what she requires ; add more , From thine invention
offers : Women are not , In their best fortunes , Arong ; but want will perjore The
ne'er ...
To try thy eloquence , now ' tis time : Dispatch ; From Antony win Cleopatra :
promise , And in our name , what she requires ; add more , From thine invention
offers : Women are not , In their best fortunes , Arong ; but want will perjore The
ne'er ...
Page 345
Ant . Since Cleopatra dy'd , I have liv'd in such dishonour , that the gods Weep tor
* Here the portrait of a man , over . powered with amorous credulity , is most
faithfully described . Antony is by no means a valuable , yet he is occasionally a ...
Ant . Since Cleopatra dy'd , I have liv'd in such dishonour , that the gods Weep tor
* Here the portrait of a man , over . powered with amorous credulity , is most
faithfully described . Antony is by no means a valuable , yet he is occasionally a ...
Page 356
Gallus maintains Converse with Cleopatra . Re - enter , into the Monument , from
behind , Proculeius , and Soldiers , hastily . Ira . O royal queen ! Cha . O
Cleopatrá ! thou art taken , queen ! Cle . Quick , quick , good hands . ( drawing a
Dagger ...
Gallus maintains Converse with Cleopatra . Re - enter , into the Monument , from
behind , Proculeius , and Soldiers , hastily . Ira . O royal queen ! Cha . O
Cleopatrá ! thou art taken , queen ! Cle . Quick , quick , good hands . ( drawing a
Dagger ...
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