King LearThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 226 pages King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children betray him. |
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... letter.) Edm. Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom, and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag 26.
... letter.) Edm. Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom, and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag 26.
Page 27
... letter speed, And my invention thrive, Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate. I grow, I prosper.— Now, gods, stand up for bastards! (Enter Gloster.) Glou. Kent banish'd thus! and France in choler parted! And the king gone to-night ...
... letter speed, And my invention thrive, Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate. I grow, I prosper.— Now, gods, stand up for bastards! (Enter Gloster.) Glou. Kent banish'd thus! and France in choler parted! And the king gone to-night ...
Page 28
... letter. ) Glou. Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter? Edm. I know no news, my lord. Glou. What paper were you reading? Edm. Nothing, my lord. Glou. No? What needed, then, that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket? the ...
... letter. ) Glou. Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter? Edm. I know no news, my lord. Glou. What paper were you reading? Edm. Nothing, my lord. Glou. No? What needed, then, that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket? the ...
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William Shakespeare. I beseech you, sir, pardon me. It is a letter from my brother that I have not all o'er-read; and for so much as I have perus'd, I find it not fit for your o'erlooking. Glou. Give me the letter, sir. Edm. I shall ...
William Shakespeare. I beseech you, sir, pardon me. It is a letter from my brother that I have not all o'er-read; and for so much as I have perus'd, I find it not fit for your o'erlooking. Glou. Give me the letter, sir. Edm. I shall ...
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... His very opinion in the letter! Abhorred villain!—Unnatural, detested, brutish villain! worse than brutish!—Go, sirrah, seek him, I'll apprehend him. Abominable villain!—Where is he? Edm. I do not well know, my lord. If it shall 31.
... His very opinion in the letter! Abhorred villain!—Unnatural, detested, brutish villain! worse than brutish!—Go, sirrah, seek him, I'll apprehend him. Abominable villain!—Where is he? Edm. I do not well know, my lord. If it shall 31.
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