Cleopatra

Cleopatra was by birth an Egyptian; by ancestry and descent she was a Greek.

has already been stated

would spend all the night in carousals,

Her beauty, her wit, her thousand accomplishments, and, above all, the tact, and adroitness, and self-possession

All the pleasure of conversation was spoiled by his excessive garrulity.

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.

gold cups, enriched with jewels,

remorse for the past and anxiety for the future.

[Footnote 1: Pearls, being of the nature of shell in their composition and structure, are soluble in certain acids.]

She was dressed very magnificently in the costume in which Venus, the goddess of Beauty, was then generally represented.