King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page 48
... letter . Edmund . Thou , nature , art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound . Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom , and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me , For that I am some twelve or fourteen ...
... letter . Edmund . Thou , nature , art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound . Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom , and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me , For that I am some twelve or fourteen ...
Page 50
... letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shail to th ' legitimate . I grow ; I prosper : Now , gods , stand up for bastards ! 19. speed : succeed in its purpose . 20. thrive : prosper . 21. to th ' , etc .: usurp the ...
... letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shail to th ' legitimate . I grow ; I prosper : Now , gods , stand up for bastards ! 19. speed : succeed in its purpose . 20. thrive : prosper . 21. to th ' , etc .: usurp the ...
Page 52
... letter ? Edmund . I know no news , my lord . Gloucester . What paper were you reading ? Edmund . Nothing , my lord . 335 Gloucester . No ? What needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket ? the quality of nothing hath not ...
... letter ? Edmund . I know no news , my lord . Gloucester . What paper were you reading ? Edmund . Nothing , my lord . 335 Gloucester . No ? What needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket ? the quality of nothing hath not ...
Page 53
... letter which he seems to have been reading . Gloucester has no reasoned confidence in his son , based upon a knowledge of his character ; just as little has he any reasoned doubt of his honesty ; but from the very fact that he does not ...
... letter which he seems to have been reading . Gloucester has no reasoned confidence in his son , based upon a knowledge of his character ; just as little has he any reasoned doubt of his honesty ; but from the very fact that he does not ...
Page 54
... letter from my brother , that I have not all o'er - read ; and for so much as I have perused , I find it not fit for your o'er - looking . Gloucester . Give me the letter , sir . Edmund . I shall offend , either to detain or give it ...
... letter from my brother , that I have not all o'er - read ; and for so much as I have perused , I find it not fit for your o'er - looking . Gloucester . Give me the letter , sir . Edmund . I shall offend , either to detain or give it ...
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