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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Page 13
... never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. Lear. But goes thy heart with this? Cor. Ay, good my lord. Lear. So young, and so untender? Cor. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Let it be so,—thy truth then be thy dower: For, by ...
... never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. Lear. But goes thy heart with this? Cor. Ay, good my lord. Lear. So young, and so untender? Cor. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Let it be so,—thy truth then be thy dower: For, by ...
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... never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. Lear. Out of my sight! Kent. See better, Lear; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. Lear. Now, by Apollo,— Kent ...
... never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. Lear. Out of my sight! Kent. See better, Lear; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. Lear. Now, by Apollo,— Kent ...
Page 17
... never yet,—and with strain'd pride To come between our sentence and our power,— Which nor our nature nor our place can bear,— Our potency made good, take thy reward. Five days we do allot thee for provision To shield thee from diseases ...
... never yet,—and with strain'd pride To come between our sentence and our power,— Which nor our nature nor our place can bear,— Our potency made good, take thy reward. Five days we do allot thee for provision To shield thee from diseases ...
Page 20
... such unnatural degree That monsters it, or your fore-vouch'd affection Fall'n into taint, which to believe of her Must be a faith that reason without miracle Should never plant in me. Cor. I yet beseech your majesty,— If for I want 20.
... such unnatural degree That monsters it, or your fore-vouch'd affection Fall'n into taint, which to believe of her Must be a faith that reason without miracle Should never plant in me. Cor. I yet beseech your majesty,— If for I want 20.
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... never before sounded you in this business? Edm. Never, my lord: but I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that, sons at perfect age, and fathers declined, the father should be as ward to the son, and the son manage his revenue ...
... never before sounded you in this business? Edm. Never, my lord: but I have heard him oft maintain it to be fit that, sons at perfect age, and fathers declined, the father should be as ward to the son, and the son manage his revenue ...
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