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" His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. "
The Works of Mr. William Shakespear;: In Six Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts - Page 2834
by William Shakespeare - 1709
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The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 167, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...earth. Dol. Most sovereign creature, — Cleo. His legs bestrid the ocean : his reared arm Crested boding woman, end thy frantic curse, Lost to thy harm...our patience. Q. Mar. Foul shame upon you ! you hav shake the orb, He was a rattling tlrandei. For his bounty, There was no winter in Ч ; an autumn Ч...
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Themes in Drama: Volume 12, Drama and Philosophy

James Redmond - 1990 - 250 pages
...seeing Cleopatra's retrospect in a different light: His legs bestrid the ocean, his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends: But when he meant to quail, and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in 't: an autumn 'twas...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...conquer And earns a place i' the story. (HI, xiii) 7 His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm Crested shake the orb. He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in 't; an autumn it...
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Metamorphoses of Helen: Authority, Difference, and the Epic

Mihoko Suzuki - 1989 - 292 pages
...course, and lighted The little O, th' earth. . . . His legs bestrid the ocean, his rear'd arm Crested the world, his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't: an autumn it was...
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text

Kristin Linklater - 1992 - 236 pages
...their course, and lighted The little O, the earth. His legs bestrid the ocean, his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends, But when he meant to quail, and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't: an autumn 'twas...
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Broken Nuptials in Shakespeare's Plays

Carol Thomas Neely - 1985 - 300 pages
...triumph, Antony is massive, upright, and in control: "His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm / Crested the world: his voice was propertied / As all the tuned...that to friends; / But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, / He was as rattling thunder" (V.ii. 82-86). In the protected space of the dream, Antony's...
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Shakespearean Pragmatism: Market of His Time

Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 pages
...their course, and lighted The little O, the earth. His legs bestrid the ocean, his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends: But when he meant to quail, and shake the orb. He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't: an autumn 'twas...
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Shakespeare Studies, Volume 23

J. Leeds Barroll - 1995 - 304 pages
...their course and lighted The little O o'th'earth ... His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm Crested the world. His voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas,...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...their course and lighted The little O, th' earth. His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't: an autumn 'twas...
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Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender

Shirley Nelson Garner, Madelon Sprengnether - 1996 - 346 pages
...wishfully constructs for herself her "man of men": His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned...and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't: an autumn 'twas...
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