King Lear, Volume 5Penguin Group USA, Incorporated, 1963 - 306 pages King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. |
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... comes with so small a number ? Fool . And thou hadst been set i ' th ' stocks for that question , thou'dst well ... come , since Cornwall and Regan act so ( " geese " is used contemptuously , as in Kent's quar- rel with Oswald , II.ii ...
... comes with so small a number ? Fool . And thou hadst been set i ' th ' stocks for that question , thou'dst well ... come , since Cornwall and Regan act so ( " geese " is used contemptuously , as in Kent's quar- rel with Oswald , II.ii ...
Page 250
... Come on , my boy . How dost , my boy ? Art cold ? I am cold myself . Where is this straw , my fellow ? The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile ... comes the crowning touch of all : I'll pray 250 HARLEY GRANVILLE - BARKER.
... Come on , my boy . How dost , my boy ? Art cold ? I am cold myself . Where is this straw , my fellow ? The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile ... comes the crowning touch of all : I'll pray 250 HARLEY GRANVILLE - BARKER.
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... come readily to anyone exept Laertes and Fortinbras , who are themselves easily deflected by the stratagems of the ... comes as naturally as breathing and twice as quick . And , what is particularly unlike the situation in the earlier ...
... come readily to anyone exept Laertes and Fortinbras , who are themselves easily deflected by the stratagems of the ... comes as naturally as breathing and twice as quick . And , what is particularly unlike the situation in the earlier ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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