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... thee . " Again , in The Brut , Maglaunus , like Albany , is mild , pleading with his fierce wife in Leir's favour , and opposing the lessening of his train , and Gornoille's scornful reply to him , " Be thou still , let me all be " ( ie ...
... thee . " Again , in The Brut , Maglaunus , like Albany , is mild , pleading with his fierce wife in Leir's favour , and opposing the lessening of his train , and Gornoille's scornful reply to him , " Be thou still , let me all be " ( ie ...
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... thee as behoveth me as a daughter " ; and as in the old play , Goneril attempts her father's life ( see Chalmers , English Poets , 1810 , vol . iv . p . 539 ) . But , as has been already mentioned , besides the original story which ...
... thee as behoveth me as a daughter " ; and as in the old play , Goneril attempts her father's life ( see Chalmers , English Poets , 1810 , vol . iv . p . 539 ) . But , as has been already mentioned , besides the original story which ...
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... thee lady : to thine and Albany's issue Be this perpetual . What says our second daughter , Our dearest Regan , wife to Cornwall ? Speak . Reg . I am made of that self metal as my sister , And prize me at her worth . In my true heart 70 ...
... thee lady : to thine and Albany's issue Be this perpetual . What says our second daughter , Our dearest Regan , wife to Cornwall ? Speak . Reg . I am made of that self metal as my sister , And prize me at her worth . In my true heart 70 ...
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... thee and thine , hereditary ever , Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom , No less in space , validity , and pleasure , Than that conferr'd on Goneril . Now , our joy , 80 Although the last , not least ; to whose young love 72 ...
... thee and thine , hereditary ever , Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom , No less in space , validity , and pleasure , Than that conferr'd on Goneril . Now , our joy , 80 Although the last , not least ; to whose young love 72 ...
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... thee last of all , Not greeted last , ' cause thy desert was small . " ( Leir addressing Mumford . ) 84. milk ] pastures , the effect for the cause ( Eccles ) . 85. interess'd ] closely connected , interested , concerned . See " Faire ...
... thee last of all , Not greeted last , ' cause thy desert was small . " ( Leir addressing Mumford . ) 84. milk ] pastures , the effect for the cause ( Eccles ) . 85. interess'd ] closely connected , interested , concerned . See " Faire ...
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