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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... Fortune's alms as a charitable bequest from Fortune ( and so , by extension , as one beg- gared or cast down by Fortune ) 280 scanted stinted 281 worth . wanted deserve to be denied , even as you have denied 282 plighted pleated ...
... Fortune's alms as a charitable bequest from Fortune ( and so , by extension , as one beg- gared or cast down by Fortune ) 280 scanted stinted 281 worth . wanted deserve to be denied , even as you have denied 282 plighted pleated ...
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... Fortune , good night ; Smile once more , turn thy wheel . • Sleeps . 156 disposition inclination 157 rubbed diverted ( metaphor from the game of bowls ) 158 watched gone without sleep 160 A. heels even a good man may have bad fortune ...
... Fortune , good night ; Smile once more , turn thy wheel . • Sleeps . 156 disposition inclination 157 rubbed diverted ( metaphor from the game of bowls ) 158 watched gone without sleep 160 A. heels even a good man may have bad fortune ...
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... fortune on victory over 168 charity forgiveness and love 169 blood lineage 170 If more if I am more noble ( since legitimate ) 172 of our pleasant out of our pleasurable 174 place i.e. , the adulterous bed 174 got begot 176 Wheel ...
... fortune on victory over 168 charity forgiveness and love 169 blood lineage 170 If more if I am more noble ( since legitimate ) 172 of our pleasant out of our pleasurable 174 place i.e. , the adulterous bed 174 got begot 176 Wheel ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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