Cleopatra

(noun.) beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC).

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• As bad in their way as the indolent gipsy-giantess, the Cleopatra, in hers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A great naval battle at Actium (31 B.C.) was decided by the unexpected desertion of Cleopatra with sixty ships in the midst of the fight. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Octavian took the hardier west, and consolidated his power; Antony had the more gorgeous east--and Cleopatra. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra (Act II, Scene 5), makes the latter say, Let us to billiards. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Think you Cleopatra would have kept Antony so long her slave, had she not stimulated his love occasionally by giving him cause for jealousy? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• On referring to the catalogue, I found that this notable production bore the name Cleopatra. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Where was the artist of the Cleopatra? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: What matchless beauty! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Monsieur, too, has been looking at Cleopatra; what does he think of her? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The fate of the chief figures is interwoven with that of Cleopatra. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Plutarch tells of a pitiful scene that occurred at Philip's marriage to Cleopatra. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He approached de Hamal; he paused near him; I thought he had a pleasure in looking over his head; Dr. Bretton, too, gazed on the Cleopatra. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Cleopatra the former queen of Egypt. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Finally he found himself and Cleopatra besieged by Octavian in Alexandria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In heaven she will probably sit between the Heloises and the Cleopatras. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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