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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... noble gentleman, Edmund? Edm. No, my lord. Glou. My Lord of Kent: remember him hereafter as my honourable friend. Edm. My services to your lordship. Kent. I must love you, and sue to know you better. Edm. Sir, I shall study deserving ...
... noble gentleman, Edmund? Edm. No, my lord. Glou. My Lord of Kent: remember him hereafter as my honourable friend. Edm. My services to your lordship. Kent. I must love you, and sue to know you better. Edm. Sir, I shall study deserving ...
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... enter Gloster, With France, Burgundy, and Attendants.) Glou. Here's France and Burgundy, my noble lord. Lear. My Lord of Burgundy, We first address toward you, who with this king Hath rivall'd for our daughter: what in the least Will 18.
... enter Gloster, With France, Burgundy, and Attendants.) Glou. Here's France and Burgundy, my noble lord. Lear. My Lord of Burgundy, We first address toward you, who with this king Hath rivall'd for our daughter: what in the least Will 18.
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... noble Burgundy, When she was dear to us, we did hold her so, But now her price is fall'n. Sir, there she stands: If aught within that little seeming substance, Or all of it, with our displeasure piec'd, And nothing more, may fitly like ...
... noble Burgundy, When she was dear to us, we did hold her so, But now her price is fall'n. Sir, there she stands: If aught within that little seeming substance, Or all of it, with our displeasure piec'd, And nothing more, may fitly like ...
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... noble Burgundy. (Flourish. ExeuntLear, Burgundy, Cornwall, Albany, Gloster, and Attendants.) France. Bid farewell to your sisters. Cor. The jewels of our father, with wash'd eyes Cordelia leaves you: I know you what you are; And, like a ...
... noble Burgundy. (Flourish. ExeuntLear, Burgundy, Cornwall, Albany, Gloster, and Attendants.) France. Bid farewell to your sisters. Cor. The jewels of our father, with wash'd eyes Cordelia leaves you: I know you what you are; And, like a ...
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... noble and true-hearted Kent banished! his offence, honesty!—'Tis strange. (Exit. ) Edm. 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 ...
... noble and true-hearted Kent banished! his offence, honesty!—'Tis strange. (Exit. ) Edm. 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 ...
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