King LearLongmans, 1907 - 152 pages |
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Page xii
... true both as regards the main plot and the subsidiary plot . Put briefly , the main plot of the play centres round the person of King Lear . Anxious to test the love of his three daughters Goneril , Regan and Cordelia , he demands an ...
... true both as regards the main plot and the subsidiary plot . Put briefly , the main plot of the play centres round the person of King Lear . Anxious to test the love of his three daughters Goneril , Regan and Cordelia , he demands an ...
Page xv
... equally applicable to the character of Lear himself , around whom the whole drama centres . neeud any Perhaps the true sublimity of Shakespeare's treatment of Suach · Lear can best be realised by a comparison of his INTRODUCTION . XV.
... equally applicable to the character of Lear himself , around whom the whole drama centres . neeud any Perhaps the true sublimity of Shakespeare's treatment of Suach · Lear can best be realised by a comparison of his INTRODUCTION . XV.
Page xvii
... true conception of the effects of unbridled passions upon a man , and it enables Shakespeare to prove to us that " the greatest strength of genius lies in describing the strongest passions " . ( b ) Cordelia . Unlike a great number of ...
... true conception of the effects of unbridled passions upon a man , and it enables Shakespeare to prove to us that " the greatest strength of genius lies in describing the strongest passions " . ( b ) Cordelia . Unlike a great number of ...
Page xxi
... True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and his three Daughters . With the unfortunate life of Edgar , Sonne and Heire to the Earl of Gloucester , and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam . As it was plaid ...
... True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and his three Daughters . With the unfortunate life of Edgar , Sonne and Heire to the Earl of Gloucester , and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam . As it was plaid ...
Page 4
... true heart I find she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too short : that I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square of sense possesses , 50 And find I am alone felicitate In your dear highness 4 ...
... true heart I find she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too short : that I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square of sense possesses , 50 And find I am alone felicitate In your dear highness 4 ...
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