“I saw her once
Hop forty paces through the public street;
And having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted
That she did make defect perfection,
And, breathless, power breathe forth.”
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Hop forty paces through the public street;
And having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted
That she did make defect perfection,
And, breathless, power breathe forth.”
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Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (2.2.237-241)
Mark Antony speaking of Cleopatra