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 43
... lord . Cordelia . So young , my lord , and true . Lear . Let it be so , thy truth then be thy dower ! For , by the sacred radiance of the sun , The mysteries of Hecate and the night , By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do ...
... lord . Cordelia . So young , my lord , and true . Lear . Let it be so , thy truth then be thy dower ! For , by the sacred radiance of the sun , The mysteries of Hecate and the night , By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do ...
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... lord ; but I hope his heart is not in the contents . Gloucester . Has he never before sounded ° you in this business ? Edmund . Never , my lord . But I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that , sons at perfect ° age , and fathers ...
... lord ; but I hope his heart is not in the contents . Gloucester . Has he never before sounded ° you in this business ? Edmund . Never , my lord . But I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that , sons at perfect ° age , and fathers ...
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... lord , receive attendance From those that she calls servants , or from mine ? Regan . Why not , my lord ? If then they chanced to slacko ye , 245 We could control them . If you will come to me ( For now I spy a danger ) , I entreat you ...
... lord , receive attendance From those that she calls servants , or from mine ? Regan . Why not , my lord ? If then they chanced to slacko ye , 245 We could control them . If you will come to me ( For now I spy a danger ) , I entreat you ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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