King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page iii
... seems to have consisted merely in supplying the publishers with the best copy which they could secure , whether from the Blackfriars ' Theatre , to which they like Shakespeare belonged , or from earlier pirated quartos . The resulting ...
... seems to have consisted merely in supplying the publishers with the best copy which they could secure , whether from the Blackfriars ' Theatre , to which they like Shakespeare belonged , or from earlier pirated quartos . The resulting ...
Page v
... find never a trace . And this minds ' me to say that of all departments of Shakesperean study none seems ' to me more profitless than this search for the sources whence ' Shakespeare gathered his dramas ; the distance is always KING LEAR.
... find never a trace . And this minds ' me to say that of all departments of Shakesperean study none seems ' to me more profitless than this search for the sources whence ' Shakespeare gathered his dramas ; the distance is always KING LEAR.
Page 2
... seem so to us ; but now , in the division of the kingdom , it appears not which of the dukes he values most ; for qualities are so weighed 5 that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety . 1. affected : felt affection for ...
... seem so to us ; but now , in the division of the kingdom , it appears not which of the dukes he values most ; for qualities are so weighed 5 that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety . 1. affected : felt affection for ...
Page 23
... seems about to remonstrate further . 127. May my rest in death be peaceful in proportion as I now withdraw my love from her . 130. digest : assimilate , take up as one's own . 131. marry : secure her a husband , 133. effects : material ...
... seems about to remonstrate further . 127. May my rest in death be peaceful in proportion as I now withdraw my love from her . 130. digest : assimilate , take up as one's own . 131. marry : secure her a husband , 133. effects : material ...
Page 29
... seems to require seventh , - perhaps , as suggested by Daniel , to be read se'nth . 182. sith since . · Flourish . Re - enter Gloucester with France , Burgundy Scene I. £ 9 KING LEAR In line 173 Lear utters a condemning self ...
... seems to require seventh , - perhaps , as suggested by Daniel , to be read se'nth . 182. sith since . · Flourish . Re - enter Gloucester with France , Burgundy Scene I. £ 9 KING LEAR In line 173 Lear utters a condemning self ...
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