King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... suffering that it cannot , and according to Charles Lamb should not , be acted . It is , however , coloured by a strain of the most delightful comedy ; and Prof. Barrett Wendell , of Harvard , holds that the original Lear of ...
... suffering that it cannot , and according to Charles Lamb should not , be acted . It is , however , coloured by a strain of the most delightful comedy ; and Prof. Barrett Wendell , of Harvard , holds that the original Lear of ...
Page 7
... suffer through all the years of his youth . A child of lawless passion , he has inherited tendencies to rebellion against authority and moral , that is , social , Jaw which have been deepened within him by the experiences of his nurture ...
... suffer through all the years of his youth . A child of lawless passion , he has inherited tendencies to rebellion against authority and moral , that is , social , Jaw which have been deepened within him by the experiences of his nurture ...
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... suffering under her father's curse is particularly difficult to portray upon the stage ; but it must be done if we are to understand rightly the deeply affectionate character of the child . Kent . Lear . Peace , Kent ! Good my Seene I ...
... suffering under her father's curse is particularly difficult to portray upon the stage ; but it must be done if we are to understand rightly the deeply affectionate character of the child . Kent . Lear . Peace , Kent ! Good my Seene I ...
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... suffering , begs her father to clear her from the suspicion of any foul crime since her fault is merely that she will neither fawn nor flatter . In this impulsive appeal her love for France unconsciously shines forth , the love of a ...
... suffering , begs her father to clear her from the suspicion of any foul crime since her fault is merely that she will neither fawn nor flatter . In this impulsive appeal her love for France unconsciously shines forth , the love of a ...
Page 64
... suffer misfortune . surfeits : sickness caused by the satiety of our own misdeeds . 122 , guilty : hold the sun , etc. , responsible for our misfortunes . disasters : literally evil stars , a term of astrology . 123. stars : not the ...
... suffer misfortune . surfeits : sickness caused by the satiety of our own misdeeds . 122 , guilty : hold the sun , etc. , responsible for our misfortunes . disasters : literally evil stars , a term of astrology . 123. stars : not the ...
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Alack Albany Albany's anger Appendix art thou Bedlam beggar Burgundy character child Child Rowland comes Cordelia Cornwall Cornwall's curse daughters death Dover duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall duty Earl of Gloucester Edgar Edmund emotion endure evil Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear feels filial folio follow Fool foolish fortune foul fiend France Gentleman give Gloucester Gloucester's castle gods Goneril and Regan grace hast hath heart hence Hendiadys honour husband insane Kent Kent's King Lear knave Lear's letter lord loyalty madam madness master meaning Messenger mind nature never night noble nuncle Oswald passion pelican daughters pity play poison'd poor Poor Tom pray Prithee Quarto Scene scorn seek self-control sense servant Shakespeare sister speak spirit storm suffering sympathy thee thine thing thought Topics for consideration traitor trumpet unnatural villain weakness words