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" The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water... "
The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ... - Page 552
1896 - 1178 pages
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 426 pages
...and that, when she landed, he sent to her to invite her to supper. M. Mason. Burn'd on the water:s the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so...flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they heat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 524 pages
...Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The. barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver j Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster. As...
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Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Ceasar. Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 pages
...Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell ybti : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oar* were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 388 pages
...reporter devised well forjier. Ent>, I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,8 Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, Itbeggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue)...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 pages
...Gydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,)...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne, Bura'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,)...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 434 pages
...her; and that, when she landed, he sent to her to invite her to supper M. Mason. Burn'd on the water:s the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,)...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 5

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 430 pages
...the noted descriptions of the voyage of Cleopatra down the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue....
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 5

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 430 pages
...the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : I The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Bum'd on the water : The poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...tell you: The barge she sat in, like a burnish 'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaien gold; Purple the sails, and .so perfumed, that The...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue),...
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