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" Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor; The place thou pressest on thy mother earth Is all thy empire now: now it contains thee; Some few days hence, and then 'twill be too large, When thou'rt contracted in thy narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes; then... "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Page 331
by John Dryden - 1808
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Class-book of English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...tears him up by the roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. [Ant. having thrown himself down. Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor ; The place,...thy narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia,1 (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then will have thee all her own, And bear...
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The tragedie of Anthonie, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1907 - 644 pages
...him up by th' Roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. having thrown himself down. * Lye there, thou shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou...narrow Urn, Shrunk to a few cold Ashes ; then Octavia, (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then will have thee all her own, And bear thee in her...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...tears him by the roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. [Having thrown himself down] olve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes. And ma mother-earth Is all thy empire now : now it contains thee ; Some few days hence, and then 'twill be...
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The Select Dramatic Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1877 - 420 pages
...roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. [Having thrown himself down.] Lie there, the shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou pressest on...narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia (For Cleopatra will not live to see it), Octavia then will have thee all her own, And bear thee in...
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Chambers's national reading-books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...him up by the roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. 215 Ant. [Having thrown himself down.] Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor; The place thou...few days hence, and then 'twill be too large, When thou 'rt contracted in thy narrow urn, 220 Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia (For Cleopatra...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...hitnseif down.] Lie there, thou shadow of an! emperor ; The place thou pressest on thy mother-earth Is all thy empire now : now it contains thee ; Some...few days hence, and then 'twill be too large, When thou 'rt contracted in thy riarrbw urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia — For Cleopatra...
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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius: Literally ...

Juvenal - 1886 - 586 pages
...Henry VI. : "And of all my lands Is nothing left me but my body's length." And Dryden's Antony : " The place thou pressest on thy mother Earth Is all thy empire now." Cf. jEsch.,'S. Theb., 731. Soph., (Ed. Col., 789. Shakspeare's Kich. ard II., Act iii., sc. 2. 5 Epota....
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The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic works

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1883 - 456 pages
...him up by the roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. [ANTONY having thrown himself 'down. Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor ; The place thou...few days hence, and then 'twill be too large, When thou Yt contracted in thy narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia (For Cleopatra will...
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Dryden so tragediedigter: En studie over den engelske tragedie i tidsrummet ...

Torben Lundbeck - English drama - 1894 - 214 pages
...skjult. Antonius kommer, nedbøjet af sorg og kaster sig på jorden. Ventidius bliver dybt rørt: Vent. Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor; The place, thou...narrow urn, Shrunk to a few, cold ashes; then Octavia, (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then will have thee all her own And bear thee in her...
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The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - Rome - 1907 - 646 pages
...him up by th' Roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. having thrmvn himself down. * Lye there, thou shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou...narrow Urn, Shrunk to a few cold Ashes ; then Octavia, (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then will have thee all her own, And bear thee in her...
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