King LearPan Macmillan, 2016 M08 11 - 208 pages In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. |
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... interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign up for e-newsletters so that you're always first to hear about our new releases. Contents INTRODUCTION vii KING LEAR 1 GLOSSARY 143 BIBLIOGRAPHY 191 Copyright page.
... hear old rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — ... and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, pacts and sects of great ones, That ebb and flow by th' moon. These are some ...
... in Lear's misogynistic tirade in Act IV. Behold yond simpering dame, Whose face between her forks presages snow; That minces virtue, and does shake the head To hear of pleasure's name: — The fitchew nor the xiii INTRODUCTION.
William Shakespeare. To hear of pleasure's name: — The fitchew nor the soiled horse goes to't With a more riotous appetite. Down from the waist they are Centaurs, Though women all above: But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is ...
... Hear me, recreant! On thine allegiance, hear me! Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow, Which we durst never yet, and with strain'd pride To come between our sentence and our power, Which nor our nature nor our place can bear ...