King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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... holds that the original Lear of Shakespeare's day was well received only as its characters , including Lear himself , were taken to be grotesque . In this connection it is of interest to recall that in 1681 Nahum Tate , Poet Laureate ...
... holds that the original Lear of Shakespeare's day was well received only as its characters , including Lear himself , were taken to be grotesque . In this connection it is of interest to recall that in 1681 Nahum Tate , Poet Laureate ...
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... hold myself to be equally worthy . An indirect play upon the word metal appears in this reference to value . The point of value in question is that of affection . 73. deed of love : describes my love in very deed 74. that : in that . 76 ...
... hold myself to be equally worthy . An indirect play upon the word metal appears in this reference to value . The point of value in question is that of affection . 73. deed of love : describes my love in very deed 74. that : in that . 76 ...
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... holds herself proudly superior to hypocrisy and self - seeking . She is like her father and her sisters in stubborn self- will ; but our sympathy goes out to the child whose instinct is so true and so wholesome . Her lack of tact ...
... holds herself proudly superior to hypocrisy and self - seeking . She is like her father and her sisters in stubborn self- will ; but our sympathy goes out to the child whose instinct is so true and so wholesome . Her lack of tact ...
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... Hold thee from this forever . The barbarous Scythian Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite , shall to my bosom . Be as well neighbour'd , pitied , and reliev'd , As thou my sometime daughter . 112. Hecate the ...
... Hold thee from this forever . The barbarous Scythian Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite , shall to my bosom . Be as well neighbour'd , pitied , and reliev'd , As thou my sometime daughter . 112. Hecate the ...
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... hold her so ; 190 195 But now her price is fall'n . Sir , there she stands . 200 If aught within that little seeming substance , Or all of it , with our displeasure piec'd , And nothing more , may fitly like your grace , She's there ...
... hold her so ; 190 195 But now her price is fall'n . Sir , there she stands . 200 If aught within that little seeming substance , Or all of it , with our displeasure piec'd , And nothing more , may fitly like your grace , She's there ...
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Alack Albany Albany's anger Appendix art thou Bedlam beggar Burgundy character child Child Rowland comes Cordelia Cornwall Cornwall's curse daughters death Dover duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall duty Earl of Gloucester Edgar Edmund emotion endure evil Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear feels filial folio follow Fool foolish fortune foul fiend France Gentleman give Gloucester Gloucester's castle gods Goneril and Regan grace hast hath heart hence Hendiadys honour husband insane Kent Kent's King Lear knave Lear's letter lord loyalty madam madness master meaning Messenger mind nature never night noble nuncle Oswald passion pelican daughters pity play poison'd poor Poor Tom pray Prithee Quarto Scene scorn seek self-control sense servant Shakespeare sister speak spirit storm suffering sympathy thee thine thing thought Topics for consideration traitor trumpet unnatural villain weakness words