New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-26

,svcr,. which is feminine in its natnrc; The Tuio
'..,;,ca with Elizabeth. This shows INT TIC grea'
- o Nature II to the spi'iuh -overein, wImen,
~, thsu uo ralcIisl man The star o. the Cleo
- I'm. of wornauhe,,i wen. down az that Of Nay
:, Irdca roee Mary inaugurstcd now wonln-
,1os-4he was the passive Madonna Of boiler tee
,sno,v But TIME must unfold the type-woman
- chr day--uot thc woman o. great pa.-ion or
.,;ye maternity merely, bat tue hl'n ling Of qnsen
;,y, mother and prophet wAo hall divide the sceP-
,e,of cur higher humanity. Ms rcierrod Tor N
r.rtto shskspcres rcrruyel Of Cleopatra and PISSED
=, 70 10y ths,, ia Con.idcrins the character OF Geo
-. n WIS necessary 70 gioncc ~ the con iiion Of
rvrt at tat time. TIE lecturer went at snule length
expoe..ion Of the wor hin civilization All gen.
s,sleond;cn Of the Egyptian people but we have Mt
I'm 70 follow her In;o the mid; Of this aspect Of
,,u,,,.iop with people nj once grave ana luxu)us
- vho,, everything was inten ely real people op-
.,..sed ,pd emlsved, brralized by IN interruptions
s,c,bood which mon, poized the learning and ,l,h
- bs Country holding The people in the bondage ot
,..,e into tie nidst OF re ZION at once loOny AL
.,,.nexs. ocrlsstDg strorey with The vjigp,uousnes
"a evmate; into the m6st q state IN which OLD
.oesl especis yieldin 70 the dominating Roman
,Dfrerce Gomez this lat tyne &C ancient civilization
Ibis cruel crafty, daring, and voluptaous woman o.
the troice this worshper and repre entatve IF tha
aserpent Of Oh Nile" lhlve scen bu. one pic,u-c OF
this Ccoratra that a. N hermonized WIKI auy true
eoneepcu Of her character whole. TAX is graaily
trscc IL H. import 1t u that q woman upon whose
beautiful but historic face is grsvcd Inc deepeaed
terience Of fail life The fntes shadow Of the etar
mel world imparts a sublime tiucd to he receiiag
beauty Of the etrth woman. so it shonld be- We mar
the grandeur Of great character whoa VIC aom2: to
-. /. Z -,
rsror it Is tame ami limited it does cling
prophetic Sybl the inspired Sappho or the souiqfrsei
Hcloie Tic Vaccinations o. Cleopatra resulted lt,e
from mere form or color they arose more from tlat
happy combination Of intellect and passion that
sppeals 20 both heart aud Imagination She
WIS full Of intellectual resource and artistca
beauty supcrndded to a wierd prescirnce, always
idcstpa tragic close Hence she sought for deadly
uofos by which she could At will shake oil this
tai coil" So often irlsome TO Ne al Iepprehend shat
this courageoufness Of chnracr that npelet her 10
seize the best orded IL the nc3atc well
10 be ready 10 the worst OF any future th' ability
20 eornpetc with Destiny, must have been one secret Oh
her personal fascination, il WIS evidence OF hsr u
NATE mower Iapprehend that he owed more 20 n 'se
,i,,,rl ina,s,ons than to any external rtTaction'
Cleopatra was IN Epicurean in the best senae QUO
WIS an accomplished musician, sNiliid Vers'her
,ud n gracious md accomplished queen receiving an
hsscdorf from s psrts of the world Hnt able 20 con
yeree with euch in hs own tongue Her electric sphere
has not YET tracd off into inhnite SPACE, ~ Is evident
bv tie large lower which che still holds upon the
lumsn Imagination. The queen, the scholar, the op-
Moment o Rome had long since been forgotten or only
10 be revived ty elegant sudcnt rs n the case o.
Zepob A. he'd not Cleopatra embodied me more POSITIVE
and 1oler qualities OF our nature had she sacrhcei
her friend OF bad sbe uonttct TO be carried N soi zen
10, Inrarl he 4FIT
,or heart had dropped her from It's circle; but n'w
the wsman fihful death, lives unto all ages ii"
Antony should find himself opposed to me pl'So"7,
and ntioipg Augustus most naturll thai ne Sh'~'
=, .a,.,od IN fhe conflict j. notsins-r hear5 nuns
---.ao flick bosses OF wor Is forecast VIII always
Mwor'ted IN the conflict. That Antony anil CleopHFa
thoudmoc, belonged to tic eternal laws OF fitness aud
attraction. They stood peerless ia destiny and
neither could have filed eternal relation without the
ether The Juggernaut Of Empire rolled on, and these
Z two were crushed beneath it, wheels. We have
y laws by which to judge them Mrs qin referred 10
J sbaksperes chara,tere Of Antony and Cleopatra. In
conclusion She said We love to conem late these two
peItonagos, because their whole period was dramatic;
was grand drama before shak sperr apporsionci II
into The five acts ofthe playhouse Inc stage on watch
they moved was rich in gorgeous pa-eanry before ne
sested the show aud mGdeir alive for the theater and
the characters perfect in themselves before he
raised them from the slumber Of ages to live sain to
sltme. Nature adjusts her own harinonios Certain
individuals in whom The storinior passions prcdomi
rate, indicate alwsyC or loss a tragic tcrmn1
ton IS The old llogers would say, they arc born
under planets oombatnnt end touched 10y the merry
Isrs They belong to the elemental they are REID
in their sienihct tons and such must walk even the
dIrk valley with certain maj astic poGp, Thus Mary
Stuart died amid religious conflict and the ccemoniss
Of the scaGod; and Cromwell ard Napoleon amid tie
battling Of The temposts and therefore it was fitting
thu, The tragedy of these overs-tas drama TO which
centuries lad beon adapting profound and significant
unties should closo il li3thc Roman in the spirit
OF Roman, by his own sword; and the Egyptian, in
accordance IA more subtle afnies by the gitterng
md poisonous asp ofthe Nile