 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 Busy Body: A Comedy - Seite 12von Susanna Centlivre - 1797 - 112 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Dublin city, univ - 1857 - 692 Seiten
...IAMBICS. [having thrown himself (town]. Lie there, thou shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou prcssest on thy mother earth Is all thy empire now : now it...then 'twill be too large, When thou'rt contracted in the narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes ; then Octavia (For Cleopatra will not live to see it),... | |
 | 1859 - 838 Seiten
...roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. [Hating thrown himself down.] Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor : The place thou pressest on...contains thee ; Some few days hence, and then 'twill be loo large, When thou'rt contracted in thy narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes-, then Octavia, (For... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. [Ant. having thrown himself down. Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor ; The place, thou pressest on...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...thrown himself down] Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor ; The place thou pressest on thy mother-earth eary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy...sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven do um, Shrunk to a few cold ashes; then Octavia — For Cleopatra will not live to see it — Octavia... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 Seiten
...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 pressest on thy...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Juvenal - 1886 - 586 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 456 Seiten
...roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. [ANTONY having thrown himself 'down. Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor ; The place thou pressest on...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1907 - 652 Seiten
...Roots, And on the ground extends the noble ruin. Ant. having thrown himself down. * Lye there, thou shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou pressest on...be too large, When thou'rt contracted in thy narrow Um, Shrunk to a few cold Ashes ; then Octavia, (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1907 - 650 Seiten
...ruin. Ant. having thrown himself down. * Lye there, thou shadow of an Emperor ; The place thou presses! on thy Mother Earth Is all thy Empire now : now it...be too large, When thou'rt contracted in thy narrow Um, Shrunk to a few cold Ashes ; then Octavia, (For Cleopatra will not live to see it) Octavia then... | |
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