Both Uses of
promontory
in
Antony and Cleopatra
- ANTONY'S Camp near the Promontory of Actium.†
Scene 3.7 *
- Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.†
Scene 4.14
Definition:
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(promontory) a high point of land or rock that overlooks land at lower elevation -- often a rocky one that juts out into the sea