 O, reason not the need ! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. 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,...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 451by William Shakespeare - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Richard Watson - 1815 - 462 pages
...use, •where he introduces Lear arguing with his daughter about what was nepdful for his state — O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in...Allow not Nature more than Nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. — What portion of each man's property may be requisite for the discharge of the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the thunder-bearer shoot, Nor tell tales of thee to high-judging Jove. The Neceuarici of Life Jew. 0, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the...Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. Lear on the Ingratitude of his Daughters. You tee me here, you gods, a poor old man,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...five-and-twenty, ten, or five, To follow in a house, where twice so many Have a command to tend you ? Regan. What need one ? Lear. O, reason not the need: our...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 346 pages
...thee ; [To GONER 1 1.. Thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty, And thou art twice her love. Gon. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five and twenty,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...thee ; [To Gonerill. Thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty, And tbou art twice her love. Gonerill. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five and twenty,...house, where twice so many Have a command to tend you ? Regan. What need one ? Lear. O, reason not the need : our basest beggart Are in the poorest thing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...thee ; [To Gonerill. Thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty, And thou art twice her love. Gonerill. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five and twenty,...house, where twice so many Have a command to tend you ? Regan. What need one ? Lear. O, reason not the need : our basest beggari Are in the poorest thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 512 pages
...with thee ; [To GoNERIL. Thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty, And thou art twice her love. GoN. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five and twenty,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...with thee ; [To Goueril. Thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty, And thou art twice her love. Gon. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five and twenty,...need one ? Lear. O, reason not the need : our basest beg- ' gars Are in the poorest thing superfluous : Allow not nature more than nature needs^ Uan's life... | |
 | 1821 - 770 pages
...make Lear reply to his daughters^ who had been speaking in the true spirit of modern improvements: " O reason not the need: our basest beggars Are in the...Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap an beasts!" There are many other painful instances in these times of that " restless wisdom"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...five-and-twenty, And thou art twice her love. Gon. Hear me, my lord ; What need you five-and-twenty, ten, or five, To follow in a house, where twice so...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... | |
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