King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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... thou my sometime daughter . 112. Hecate the patroness of all evil . The word , properly trisyllabic , is in Shakespeare usually dissyllabic . 113. operation of the orbs : influence of the stars upon human life . 116. Nearness and , as ...
... thou my sometime daughter . 112. Hecate the patroness of all evil . The word , properly trisyllabic , is in Shakespeare usually dissyllabic . 113. operation of the orbs : influence of the stars upon human life . 116. Nearness and , as ...
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... thou do , old man ? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak , When power to flattery bows ? To plainness honour ' s bound , When majesty falls to folly . Reserve thy state , And in thy best consideration check This hideous ...
... thou do , old man ? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak , When power to flattery bows ? To plainness honour ' s bound , When majesty falls to folly . Reserve thy state , And in thy best consideration check This hideous ...
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... Thou swear'st thy gods in vain . Lear . O vassal ! miscreant ! Albany . Dear sir , forbear . Cornwall . Kent . Kill thy physician , and the fee bestow Upon the foul disease . Revoke thy gift ; Or , whilst I can vent clamour from my ...
... Thou swear'st thy gods in vain . Lear . O vassal ! miscreant ! Albany . Dear sir , forbear . Cornwall . Kent . Kill thy physician , and the fee bestow Upon the foul disease . Revoke thy gift ; Or , whilst I can vent clamour from my ...
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... thou hast sought to make us break our vow , Which we durst never yet , and with strain'd pride To come betwixt our sentence and our power , Which nor our nature nor our place can bear , Our potency made good , take thy reward . Five ...
... thou hast sought to make us break our vow , Which we durst never yet , and with strain'd pride To come betwixt our sentence and our power , Which nor our nature nor our place can bear , Our potency made good , take thy reward . Five ...
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... thou Hadst not been born than not t ' have pleas'd me better . 225. majesty : read ' in two syllables , and note that the half because of Cordelia's haste laps over the first half . 226. If for : if it is because . ( Abbott ) 232. the ...
... thou Hadst not been born than not t ' have pleas'd me better . 225. majesty : read ' in two syllables , and note that the half because of Cordelia's haste laps over the first half . 226. If for : if it is because . ( Abbott ) 232. the ...
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