... the finest of his historical plays, that is, those in which he made poetry the organ of history, and assumed a certain tone of character and sentiment, in conformity to known facts, instead of trusting to his observations of general nature or to the unlimited indulgence of his own ... first scene Philo's opening speech tells us how Antony is and has been: "Philo: Nay, but this dotage of our general's O"erflows the measure. Those his goodly eyes, That o"er the files and musters of the war Have glowed like plated mars, now bend, now turn The office ... his death. Antony is a noble man. H...

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