King LearHenry Altemus Company, 1909 - 192 pages |
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... line in a passage of blank verse seems to have gone off into prose , with no poetical inten- tion , but by misreading of the original into words that will make sense but not metre . In Edmund's speech , at the opening of the second ...
... line in a passage of blank verse seems to have gone off into prose , with no poetical inten- tion , but by misreading of the original into words that will make sense but not metre . In Edmund's speech , at the opening of the second ...
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... line is overloaded , and the measure broken to no purpose ; and although the sense got can be argued for ... lines from Leir to his nobles , importing that he has just performed the obsequies of his queen ; and as he has only ...
... line is overloaded , and the measure broken to no purpose ; and although the sense got can be argued for ... lines from Leir to his nobles , importing that he has just performed the obsequies of his queen ; and as he has only ...
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... lines , that Leir had a son , but , since he has not , suggests that his daugh- ters should be mated to neighbour kings . Leir expresses , in thirteen lines , his agreement with this , says that he has chosen for Goneril and Ragan the ...
... lines , that Leir had a son , but , since he has not , suggests that his daugh- ters should be mated to neighbour kings . Leir expresses , in thirteen lines , his agreement with this , says that he has chosen for Goneril and Ragan the ...
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Alack Albany arms art thou blood brother Burgundy Cordelia Corn Cornwall dear death Dost thou doth Dover duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Edmund Enter EDGAR Enter GLOSTER Enter KENT Enter LEAR Exeunt LEAR Exit eyes father fear follow Fool fortune foul fiend France Gent gentleman give GLOSTER'S Castle gods Goneril and Ragan grace hand hath hear heart heaven hither honour husband KING LEAR King of Cornwall kingdom knave lady Lear's Leir Leir's letter look lord madam master messenger Mumford Nathaniel Butler nature never night noble nuncle OSWALD Perillus pity play poor poor Tom pr'ythee pray Re-enter Regan scene seek Servants Shakespeare shame sirrah sister Skalliger slave speak stand storm sword tell thee there's thine thou art thou dost thou hast traitor trumpet villain wind wits words