King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page viii
... reasons of national patriotism . The British troops are victorious ; and the king and his daughter , who are with the French army , are taken prisoners . By the treachery of Edmund , Gloucester's illegitimate son , who is the villain of ...
... reasons of national patriotism . The British troops are victorious ; and the king and his daughter , who are with the French army , are taken prisoners . By the treachery of Edmund , Gloucester's illegitimate son , who is the villain of ...
Page 3
... disastrous failure of justice is quite what might be expected from one accustomed to act from impulse when he attempts to guide his action by reason . Kent . Gloucester . Is not this your son , Scene I. 3 KING LEAR KING LEAR ...
... disastrous failure of justice is quite what might be expected from one accustomed to act from impulse when he attempts to guide his action by reason . Kent . Gloucester . Is not this your son , Scene I. 3 KING LEAR KING LEAR ...
Page 34
... reason , without miracle , Should never plant in me . 216. object : Shakespeare uses this word , without an adjective , in an expanded sense , equivalent to that which one has always in his eye , or seeks out with his eye , the delight ...
... reason , without miracle , Should never plant in me . 216. object : Shakespeare uses this word , without an adjective , in an expanded sense , equivalent to that which one has always in his eye , or seeks out with his eye , the delight ...
Page 62
... reason it thus and thus , yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools , friendship falls ... reason it thus and thus : explain the eclipses , etc. nature : human nature , society . As Gloucester tries to reason ...
... reason it thus and thus , yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools , friendship falls ... reason it thus and thus : explain the eclipses , etc. nature : human nature , society . As Gloucester tries to reason ...
Page 63
William Shakespeare. As Gloucester tries to reason concerning Edgar's apparent treach- ery , his mind turns to those explanations popularly given for unusual events ; and his words are in the nature of a soliloquy . Lines 116 and 117 are ...
William Shakespeare. As Gloucester tries to reason concerning Edgar's apparent treach- ery , his mind turns to those explanations popularly given for unusual events ; and his words are in the nature of a soliloquy . Lines 116 and 117 are ...
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