King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page 141
... Cornwall's command , doubtless recognizing the innocent nature of Kent's words and furthermore not wishing to be mixed in any quarrel that might endanger the working out of his plan . Cornwall . Speak yet , how grew your quarrel ? Scene ...
... Cornwall's command , doubtless recognizing the innocent nature of Kent's words and furthermore not wishing to be mixed in any quarrel that might endanger the working out of his plan . Cornwall . Speak yet , how grew your quarrel ? Scene ...
Page 145
... Cornwall's words are true in principle , but utterly false in their present personal application . Such remarks of high ethical signifi- cance , placed in the mouth of an unworthy character , reveal the emptiness of mere theory and , by ...
... Cornwall's words are true in principle , but utterly false in their present personal application . Such remarks of high ethical signifi- cance , placed in the mouth of an unworthy character , reveal the emptiness of mere theory and , by ...
Page 147
... Cornwall are full of that blunt humour sure to amuse the audience ; and their effect is further enhanced by Cornwall's dull failure to see in them anything more than their evident , literal meaning . Nothing draws popular disfavour more ...
... Cornwall are full of that blunt humour sure to amuse the audience ; and their effect is further enhanced by Cornwall's dull failure to see in them anything more than their evident , literal meaning . Nothing draws popular disfavour more ...
Page 181
... but from the question he gains no comfort , for Cornwall's answer is an open sneer which leaves him too breathless to reply except by an exclamation . Regan . I pray you , father , being weak Scene IV . 181 KING LEAR.
... but from the question he gains no comfort , for Cornwall's answer is an open sneer which leaves him too breathless to reply except by an exclamation . Regan . I pray you , father , being weak Scene IV . 181 KING LEAR.
Page 196
... Cornwall . Shut up your doors , my lord ; ' t is a wild night ; My Regan counsels well . Come out o ' the storm . 305 ( Exeunt . ) 295. he leads himself ... Cornwall's characterization of Lear as a self - willed man 196 Act II . KING LEAR.
... Cornwall . Shut up your doors , my lord ; ' t is a wild night ; My Regan counsels well . Come out o ' the storm . 305 ( Exeunt . ) 295. he leads himself ... Cornwall's characterization of Lear as a self - willed man 196 Act II . KING LEAR.
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