King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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... interested . 92. An allusion , in translation , to the old saying : Ex nihilo nihil fit . 95. According to my bond : as is my duty . 90 95 Lear turns to Cordelia , as to his favourite child 16 Act I. KING LEAR Now, our joy, ...
... interested . 92. An allusion , in translation , to the old saying : Ex nihilo nihil fit . 95. According to my bond : as is my duty . 90 95 Lear turns to Cordelia , as to his favourite child 16 Act I. KING LEAR Now, our joy, ...
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... duty . Sure I shall never marry like my sisters . * 99 . as which . Those fit duties are obedience , love and honour . ( Furness . ) 102. all give you all their love . Haply : perhaps , it may be . 103. plight : pledge . Here the wife's ...
... duty . Sure I shall never marry like my sisters . * 99 . as which . Those fit duties are obedience , love and honour . ( Furness . ) 102. all give you all their love . Haply : perhaps , it may be . 103. plight : pledge . Here the wife's ...
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... duty , it cannot in itself be commanded ; but Cordelia finds it hard to explain her meaning save in words that sound heartless . Even in her argument that a true wife must love her husband there is a touch of petulance . Yet she reveals ...
... duty , it cannot in itself be commanded ; but Cordelia finds it hard to explain her meaning save in words that sound heartless . Even in her argument that a true wife must love her husband there is a touch of petulance . Yet she reveals ...
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... duty shall have dread to speak , When power to flattery bows ? To plainness honour ' s bound , When majesty falls to folly . Reserve thy state , And in thy best consideration check This hideous rashness . Answer my life my judgment ...
... duty shall have dread to speak , When power to flattery bows ? To plainness honour ' s bound , When majesty falls to folly . Reserve thy state , And in thy best consideration check This hideous rashness . Answer my life my judgment ...
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... duty , such as the keeping of a which he claims never to neglect . vow , Kent accepts banishment as the less of two evils , since to remain with the king and silently abet his foolishness would be true banishment , while even in exile ...
... duty , such as the keeping of a which he claims never to neglect . vow , Kent accepts banishment as the less of two evils , since to remain with the king and silently abet his foolishness would be true banishment , while even in exile ...
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