 Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward ; 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...  The North American Review - Page 31edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 900 pages
...hold your hand in benediction o'er me; No, sir, you must not kneel. [seeing him about to rise LEAR Pray do not mock me; I am a very foolish fond old man, 60 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect... | |
 | Sukanta Chaudhuri - 1981 - 284 pages
...weakness of humanity. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (King Lear IV. vii. 60-63) Full-formed Scepticism does not distinguish between the intellective and... | |
 | Elaine B. Safer - 2012 - 232 pages
...shifts from Sabbath's painful loss to his present action on the Lexington IRT reciting King Lear aloud: "Pray, do not mock me. / I am a very foolish fond old man, / . . . And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind. / Methinks . . ." (296). As Sabbath... | |
 | 2007 - 76 pages
...abuse me - 4, 7, 77-78), and he acknowledges his vulnerability (/ am a very foolish fond old man, / ... And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind - 4, 7, 60-63). > Lear now recognises true values. His life is no longer based on falseness. Looking... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2007 - 260 pages
...Cordelia O look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. You must not kneel. Lear Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, 55 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more, nor less. And to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect... | |
 | John D. Cox - 2007 - 368 pages
...his advanced age): I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; 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... | |
 | András Horn - 2008 - 210 pages
...Pray do not mock. I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward, Not an hour more nor less; and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (IV, 5, 50—55) Do not laugh at me, For as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child, Cordelia.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2008 - 380 pages
...not mock me: I am a very foolish fond415 old man, 60 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man,416 Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly417 ignorant 65... | |
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