King LearMethuen, 1952 - 256 pages |
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Page xxxvii
... Gloucester underplot . Sidney drew special attention to the episode , 1 with the remark that it was " worthy to be remembered for the unused examples therein , as well of true natural goodnes , as of wretched ungratefulness . " Gloucester's ...
... Gloucester underplot . Sidney drew special attention to the episode , 1 with the remark that it was " worthy to be remembered for the unused examples therein , as well of true natural goodnes , as of wretched ungratefulness . " Gloucester's ...
Page xlix
... Gloucester , having swallowed a camel , was not likely to strain at a gnat . Gloucester decides to jump off Dover cliff primarily because Shakespeare wants all his characters to congregate at Dover for the last act of the play . But it ...
... Gloucester , having swallowed a camel , was not likely to strain at a gnat . Gloucester decides to jump off Dover cliff primarily because Shakespeare wants all his characters to congregate at Dover for the last act of the play . But it ...
Page 129
... Gloucester's . The passage should probably be interpreted : Edgar's reprehensible wickedness was pro- voked to mete out to Gloucester the death that he deserved . " Although Gloucester deserved to die , only an evil son would attempt to ...
... Gloucester's . The passage should probably be interpreted : Edgar's reprehensible wickedness was pro- voked to mete out to Gloucester the death that he deserved . " Although Gloucester deserved to die , only an evil son would attempt to ...
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Albany Appendix Capell cites conj Cordelia Corn Cornwall Cotgrave Craig daughters death dost doth Dover Duke Duthie Edgar Edmund emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes F reading father Florio Fool fortune Gent give Glou Gloucester Gloucester's Gods Goneril Goneril and Regan grace Greg Harsnett hast hath haue heart Holinshed honour hyphened Jennens Johnson Kent King Lear Kittredge knave Lear's Leir letter lines London Prodigal Lord loue Madam Malone means Mirror for Magistrates Montaigne nature neuer night noble Nuncle Oswald passage Perillus Perrett phrase play poor Pope pray Q corr Q uncorr quibble R. W. Chambers Rowe Scene Schmidt sense Shakespeare sister sonne speak speech Steevens suggests thee Theobald thine thou thought Timon of Athens vnto vpon W. W. Greg word ΙΟ