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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Page xxv
... Heaven , is Shake- speare's particular butt . It is he who cries , of Cordelia : " The gods defend her ! " The stage ... heavens are worse than insufficient . What is said of the King , If Fortune brag of two she loved and hated , One of ...
... Heaven , is Shake- speare's particular butt . It is he who cries , of Cordelia : " The gods defend her ! " The stage ... heavens are worse than insufficient . What is said of the King , If Fortune brag of two she loved and hated , One of ...
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... Heaven's benediction com'st To the warm sun . ° Approach , thou beacon to this under globe , That by thy comfortable ° beams I may Peruse this letter . Nothing almost sees miracles But misery . I know ' tis from Cordelia , Who hath most ...
... Heaven's benediction com'st To the warm sun . ° Approach , thou beacon to this under globe , That by thy comfortable ° beams I may Peruse this letter . Nothing almost sees miracles But misery . I know ' tis from Cordelia , Who hath most ...
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... heavens ' plagues Have humbled to all strokes : that I am wretched Makes thee the happier . Heavens , deal so still ! Let the superfluous and lust - dieted ° man , O That slaves your ordinance , that will not see Because he does not ...
... heavens ' plagues Have humbled to all strokes : that I am wretched Makes thee the happier . Heavens , deal so still ! Let the superfluous and lust - dieted ° man , O That slaves your ordinance , that will not see Because he does not ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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