King LearHeath, 1908 - 174 pages |
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... fears for so bold a change , till I found it well received by my audience . " The love- making and betrothal of Edgar and Cordelia , the restora- tion of Lear to his kingdom , the enforced moral that " truth and virtue shall at last ...
... fears for so bold a change , till I found it well received by my audience . " The love- making and betrothal of Edgar and Cordelia , the restora- tion of Lear to his kingdom , the enforced moral that " truth and virtue shall at last ...
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... fear to lose it , Thy safety being the motive . Out of my sight ! Lear . Kent . See better , Lear ; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye . Lear . Now , by Apollo , — Kent . Thou swear'st thy gods in vain . Lear . Alb ...
... fear to lose it , Thy safety being the motive . Out of my sight ! Lear . Kent . See better , Lear ; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye . Lear . Now , by Apollo , — Kent . Thou swear'st thy gods in vain . Lear . Alb ...
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... fear . I pray you , have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower ; and , as I say , retire with me to my lodging , from whence I will fitly bring you to hear my lord speak : pray ye , go ; there's my key : if you ...
... fear . I pray you , have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower ; and , as I say , retire with me to my lodging , from whence I will fitly bring you to hear my lord speak : pray ye , go ; there's my key : if you ...
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... fear judgment ; to fight when I cannot choose ; and to eat no fish . Lear . What art thou ? 17 Kent . A very honest - hearted fellow , and as poor as the king . 20 Lear . If thou be as poor for a subject as he is for a king , thou art ...
... fear judgment ; to fight when I cannot choose ; and to eat no fish . Lear . What art thou ? 17 Kent . A very honest - hearted fellow , and as poor as the king . 20 Lear . If thou be as poor for a subject as he is for a king , thou art ...
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... fear too far . Gon . Let me still take away the harms I fear , Not fear still to be taken : I know his heart . What he hath utter'd I have writ my sister : If she sustain him and his hundred knights , When I have show'd the unfitness ...
... fear too far . Gon . Let me still take away the harms I fear , Not fear still to be taken : I know his heart . What he hath utter'd I have writ my sister : If she sustain him and his hundred knights , When I have show'd the unfitness ...
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Page 81 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 12 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 4 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And, as a stranger to my heart and me, Hold thee, from this, for ever.
Page 12 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects...
Page 75 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Page 43 - Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think, I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: — I have full cause of weeping ; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep: — O, fool, I shall go mad!
Page 43 - Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. Thou art a lady; If only to go warm were gorgeous, Why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm.
Page 2 - Tell me, my daughters (Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most? That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge.
Page 75 - Thou must be patient ; we came crying hither : Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl and cry. I will preach to thee : mark. Glou. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools : this...
Page 71 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...