King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly lacking in definiteness of time and place . Lear was an ancient pre - Christian king , and his realm was ancient Britain ; but many elements of a later time ...
... cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly lacking in definiteness of time and place . Lear was an ancient pre - Christian king , and his realm was ancient Britain ; but many elements of a later time ...
Page vii
... cause . Because of his kindness to the king and his knowledge of the landing of the French troops , Gloucester is cruelly blinded by Cornwall , Lear's son - in - law , who plots for the undivided throne but is slain by a servant trying ...
... cause . Because of his kindness to the king and his knowledge of the landing of the French troops , Gloucester is cruelly blinded by Cornwall , Lear's son - in - law , who plots for the undivided throne but is slain by a servant trying ...
Page 59
... . 80. apprehend : cause his arrest . 86. where : whereas . 89. pawn down : give as pledge . 90. feel : test . 91. pretence of danger : evil purpose . Gloucester . Think you so ? Edmund . If your Scene II . 59 KING LEAR.
... . 80. apprehend : cause his arrest . 86. where : whereas . 89. pawn down : give as pledge . 90. feel : test . 91. pretence of danger : evil purpose . Gloucester . Think you so ? Edmund . If your Scene II . 59 KING LEAR.
Page 63
... time . ( See line 48. ) 113 , 114. hollowness : insincerity . 114. disquietly : causing disquiet . 117. thee : affectionate and intimate form of the pronoun . Edmund . This is the excellent foppery of the world Scene II . 63 KING LEAR.
... time . ( See line 48. ) 113 , 114. hollowness : insincerity . 114. disquietly : causing disquiet . 117. thee : affectionate and intimate form of the pronoun . Edmund . This is the excellent foppery of the world Scene II . 63 KING LEAR.
Page 64
... caused by the satiety of our own misdeeds . 122 , guilty : hold the sun , etc. , responsible for our misfortunes . disasters : literally evil stars , a term of astrology . 123. stars : not the stars in general , but individual stars as ...
... caused by the satiety of our own misdeeds . 122 , guilty : hold the sun , etc. , responsible for our misfortunes . disasters : literally evil stars , a term of astrology . 123. stars : not the stars in general , but individual stars as ...
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