King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page v
... madness , or the pudder ' of the elements , or the inspired babblings of the Fool ? Of what- ' soever makes his tragedies sublime and heaven - high above all other ' human composition , -of that we find never a trace . And this minds ...
... madness , or the pudder ' of the elements , or the inspired babblings of the Fool ? Of what- ' soever makes his tragedies sublime and heaven - high above all other ' human composition , -of that we find never a trace . And this minds ...
Page vii
... madness , he can no longer serve him . In the meantime Gloucester , a man lacking in finer feelings but loyal to the king , has been deceived by an illegitimate younger son as to the character of his elder son who in consequence has to ...
... madness , he can no longer serve him . In the meantime Gloucester , a man lacking in finer feelings but loyal to the king , has been deceived by an illegitimate younger son as to the character of his elder son who in consequence has to ...
Page 25
... by any threatening action on Lear's part , though there may have been such , as by an inner desire to protest against the king's madness in the foolish surrender of his royal power . Lear . Kent , on thy life , no more Scene I. 25 KING ...
... by any threatening action on Lear's part , though there may have been such , as by an inner desire to protest against the king's madness in the foolish surrender of his royal power . Lear . Kent , on thy life , no more Scene I. 25 KING ...
Page 99
... madness or a dream . When he realizes that he may be waking , no longer dreaming and not insane , he at once denies the possibility of his being Lear . To the words of the Fool he pays no attention ; and his oblivion to the presence of ...
... madness or a dream . When he realizes that he may be waking , no longer dreaming and not insane , he at once denies the possibility of his being Lear . To the words of the Fool he pays no attention ; and his oblivion to the presence of ...
Page 117
... madness . Lear knows himself to be emotional by nature . He realizes how the fits of passion wrack his being ; but he is helpless . Self - control , lost through long habit of unrestraint , cannot now be regained in par- ticular fields ...
... madness . Lear knows himself to be emotional by nature . He realizes how the fits of passion wrack his being ; but he is helpless . Self - control , lost through long habit of unrestraint , cannot now be regained in par- ticular fields ...
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