King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... self - control and its inevitable doom , lightened only by filial devotion which sets into greater vividness the filial impiety which is the occasion but not the cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly ...
... self - control and its inevitable doom , lightened only by filial devotion which sets into greater vividness the filial impiety which is the occasion but not the cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly ...
Page vii
... self - control , determines in his old age to divide his kingdom among his three daughters with whom he plans to live in turn , with all the personal state of a king . Angered by the untactful honesty of his youngest daughter , he ...
... self - control , determines in his old age to divide his kingdom among his three daughters with whom he plans to live in turn , with all the personal state of a king . Angered by the untactful honesty of his youngest daughter , he ...
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... self - control , is , with the coming on of age , rapidly losing all poise , and will , at the least opposition ... impulse in accord with partial preferences , may be an honest attempt to rise superior to personal prejudice and ...
... self - control , is , with the coming on of age , rapidly losing all poise , and will , at the least opposition ... impulse in accord with partial preferences , may be an honest attempt to rise superior to personal prejudice and ...
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