 So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings ; at the helm A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume...  A Handbook of English Literature - Pagina 295geredigeerd door - 1897 - 384 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagina’s
...those flow'r-soft hands That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Eiithron'd i' th' market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to th' air ; whirl), but for vacancy, Had... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 366 pagina’s
...wharfs. The city cart Her people oat upen her ; and Antony, Enthron'd in the market-place, did sit do&e, Whistling to the air ; which, but for Vacancy, Had...to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature. 4 Agr. Rare Egyptian! Yet, wnfUrer grace the tails of legitimate mermaids might boast of it) their... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pagina’s
...subject, the personification of the air is carried beyond all bounds : The city cast Whistling to th' air, which but for vacancy, Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature. Antony and Cleopatra, Act II. Sc. 2. The following personification of the earth or soil is not less... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pagina’s
...flower-soft hands, That yarely frame 9 the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her ; and Antony, Enthron'd in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the air ; which, but for vacancy, Had gone to gaze... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pagina’s
...upon her; and Antony, Inthroned in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the air, which hut for vacancy Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature." Example. For (his reason, we must condemn the following passage, in Pope's, very heautiful poem of... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 434 pagina’s
...have proposed, that of read, ing "in the guise instead of In the eyes, is, that the phrase i' tJlc Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her ; and Antony, guise cannot be properly used, without adding somewhat to it, to determine precisely the meaning; and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 448 pagina’s
...flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office 4. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her...Whistling to the air ; which, but for vacancy, Had gone 5 to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature. AGR. Rare Egyptian ! ENO. Upon her landing, Antony... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 430 pagina’s
...the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The chy cast Her people out upon her ; and Antony, ' Enthroned in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the...to gaze on Cleopatra too, And made a gap in nature* Antony and Cleopatra, Act i. Scene 2. The parallel passage in Dryden runs thus : The tackling silk,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 430 pagina’s
...those flower-soft hand* That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her ; and Antony, Enthroned in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the air ; which, but for vacancy, Had gone... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pagina’s
...upon her; and Antony, Enthroned in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling te the air; which, bat for vacancy, Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too, , , And made a gap in nature. Agr. Rare Egyptian 1 Eno. Upon her landing, Antony sent to her, Invited her to supper: she replied, •... | |
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