King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vii
... foolish relinquishment of power and in his great injustice , Lear is opposed by a loyal nobleman whom he therefore banishes , but who continues to serve him to the end in the guise of a servant . Soon the king's imperious temper comes ...
... foolish relinquishment of power and in his great injustice , Lear is opposed by a loyal nobleman whom he therefore banishes , but who continues to serve him to the end in the guise of a servant . Soon the king's imperious temper comes ...
Page 25
... foolishness even at the risk of life . Others serve Lear in his later misfortune through pity ; Kent serves and opposes through love . In ... foolish surrender of his royal power . Lear . Kent , on thy life , no more Scene I. 25 KING LEAR.
... foolishness even at the risk of life . Others serve Lear in his later misfortune through pity ; Kent serves and opposes through love . In ... foolish surrender of his royal power . Lear . Kent , on thy life , no more Scene I. 25 KING LEAR.
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... foolishness would be true banishment , while even in exile he can enjoy the only freedom which he desires : freedom to be loyal to his king . This loving loyalty under new conditions is the old course which he will shape in a country ...
... foolishness would be true banishment , while even in exile he can enjoy the only freedom which he desires : freedom to be loyal to his king . This loving loyalty under new conditions is the old course which he will shape in a country ...
Page 45
... foolish and evil . Lear loves and hates with the intensity of Celtic passion never brought under self - restraint . Goneril and Regan appear to have inherited none of his warmth of nature . They are cold and calculating . Cordelia is ...
... foolish and evil . Lear loves and hates with the intensity of Celtic passion never brought under self - restraint . Goneril and Regan appear to have inherited none of his warmth of nature . They are cold and calculating . Cordelia is ...
Page 54
... reverence : policy of reverence . Hendiadys . 48. best of our times : prime of life . 49. oldness : old age . 50. fond : foolish . 51. who : which . The power of contrary suggestion is great ; and Edmund 54 Act I. KING LEAR.
... reverence : policy of reverence . Hendiadys . 48. best of our times : prime of life . 49. oldness : old age . 50. fond : foolish . 51. who : which . The power of contrary suggestion is great ; and Edmund 54 Act I. KING LEAR.
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