10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOYLESS»
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cloyless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cloyless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antony and Cleopatra: New Critical Essays
He imagines that Cleopatra will “Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts; / Keep his
brain fuming,” and he hopes that “Epicurean cooks” will “Sharpen with cloyless
sauce his appetite, / That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor / Even till a ...
2
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his beak, As when his god is
pleas'd. Cymbeline, v. 4. Cloyless. Uncloying. Epicurean cooks Sharpen with
cloyless sauce his appetite ! Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 1. Cloyment. Satiety;
repletion.
Swynfen Jervis, Alexander Dyce,
1868
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The Dictionary of Shakespeare Words
Most often found in the latter sense. Cloyed - (KLOYD) bored, stuffed with food,
stopped up, satisfied, or filled to bursting. The meaning can usually be found in
the context of the surrounding text. Cloyless - (KLOY-less) Something cloyless
will ...
BookCaps, BookCaps Study Guides Staff,
2011
Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts, Keep his brain fuming ; Epicurean cooks,
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite; 39 That sleep and feeding may
prorogue his honour, Even 'till a Lethe'd dulness—How now, Varrius? Enter
VARRIuS.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens,
1786
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Food in Shakespeare's Plays Life "consists of Eating and ...
Pompey wants Antony out of the way of his political machinations, so he desires
that Antony enjoy his rest and banqueting, continuously wanting more and never
tiring of it (with "cloyless" sauce - the word cloyless is also used to describe ...
6
Showing Like a Queen: Female Authority and Literary ...
What finally distinguishes Cleopatra from the Roman notion of overeating and
oversleeping, however, is the quality that the vounger Pompey calls "cloyless,"
and this is also the quality that distinguishes Cleopatran theater from plays "stal'd
...
And now, having given directions for the manufacture of sundry "cloyless sauces"
— with only one of the number having any connection with Ala, and that one a
sauce of world-wide reputation, I will conclude this chapter with a little fancy work.
8
The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra
Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite, 25 That sleep and
feeding may prorogue his honour, Even till a Lethe'd dullness — Enter Varrius
How, now, Varrius? VARRlUS This is most certain that l shall deliver: Mark.
William Shakespeare, Michael Neill,
2000
'Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts . . .; Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless
sauce his appetite . . .!', A. & C, n i 23-25. For the semantics, cf. the preceding and
the following entry; also free. liberty. Excessive freedom from restraint or ...
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The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare: As ...
Keep his brain fiiming; Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite
, 25 That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour, Even till a Lethe'd dulness
— Enter VARRIUS. Var. This is most certain, that I shall deliver: Mark Antony is ...
William Shakespeare, Una Mary Ellis-Fermor,
1960