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Page 12
It was reserved for Shakespeare's Lear to insist upon keeping the authority of kingship after he had ' given it away . ' The Leir of the old play brings no retinue to his daughter's house ...
It was reserved for Shakespeare's Lear to insist upon keeping the authority of kingship after he had ' given it away . ' The Leir of the old play brings no retinue to his daughter's house ...
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[ Reads ] ' This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny ...
[ Reads ] ' This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny ...
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I can keep honest counsel , ride , run , mar a curious tale in telling it , and deliver a plain message bluntly : that which ordinary men are fit for , I am qualified in ; and the best of me is diligence . Lear . How old art thou ?
I can keep honest counsel , ride , run , mar a curious tale in telling it , and deliver a plain message bluntly : that which ordinary men are fit for , I am qualified in ; and the best of me is diligence . Lear . How old art thou ?
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If I gave them all my living , I'ld keep my coxcombs myself . There's mine ; beg another of thy daughters . Lear . Take heed , sirrah ; the whip . Fool . Truth ' s a dog must to kennel ; he must be whipped out , when Lady the brach may ...
If I gave them all my living , I'ld keep my coxcombs myself . There's mine ; beg another of thy daughters . Lear . Take heed , sirrah ; the whip . Fool . Truth ' s a dog must to kennel ; he must be whipped out , when Lady the brach may ...
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Prithee , nuncle , keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to lie : I would fain learn to lie . Lear . An you lie , sirrah , we'll have you whipped . Fool . I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters are : they'll have me whipped for ...
Prithee , nuncle , keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to lie : I would fain learn to lie . Lear . An you lie , sirrah , we'll have you whipped . Fool . I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters are : they'll have me whipped for ...
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| Title | The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 9 The Works of Shakespeare, Charles Harold Herford |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Charles Harold Herford |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, limited, 1899 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2015 |
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