Cleopatra was by birth an Egyptian; by ancestry and descent she was a Greek.
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has already been stated
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would spend all the night in carousals,
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Her beauty, her wit, her thousand accomplishments, and, above all, the tact, and adroitness, and self-possession
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All the pleasure of conversation was spoiled by his excessive garrulity.
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barge was the most magnificent and highly-ornamented vessel that had ever been built. It was adorned with carvings and decorations of the finest workmanship, and elaborately gilded.
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gold cups, enriched with jewels,
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remorse for the past and anxiety for the future.
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[Footnote 1: Pearls, being of the nature of shell in their composition and structure, are soluble in certain acids.]
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She was dressed very magnificently in the costume in which Venus, the goddess of Beauty, was then generally represented.