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They are of no interest for the student of Shakespeare.1 A third Quarto was carelessly printed in 1655 from Q2 . A graver problem concerns the relation of the Quartos to the First Folio . The circumstances re- semble those of Richard ...
They are of no interest for the student of Shakespeare.1 A third Quarto was carelessly printed in 1655 from Q2 . A graver problem concerns the relation of the Quartos to the First Folio . The circumstances re- semble those of Richard ...
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In the third , the disgraced daughter rescues and restores him . The first group of incidents is evidently the kernel of the whole , but its fantastic extravagance favoured variation , and three distinct versions were current among the ...
In the third , the disgraced daughter rescues and restores him . The first group of incidents is evidently the kernel of the whole , but its fantastic extravagance favoured variation , and three distinct versions were current among the ...
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In the third version ( Holinshed's ) , the questions are a mere dis- guise for the king's partiality to Cordelia : he designs to bequeath the kingdom entire , and ' preferre hir whom he best loved to the succession .
In the third version ( Holinshed's ) , the questions are a mere dis- guise for the king's partiality to Cordelia : he designs to bequeath the kingdom entire , and ' preferre hir whom he best loved to the succession .
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It is reserved for Shakespeare's Lear after contemplating an equal division and assigning two ' ample thirds ' to the elder daughters , to invite Cordelia to merit ' a third more opulent than your sisters .
It is reserved for Shakespeare's Lear after contemplating an equal division and assigning two ' ample thirds ' to the elder daughters , to invite Cordelia to merit ' a third more opulent than your sisters .
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To 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 , Although the last , not least , to whose young love The vines ...
To 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 , Although the last , not least , to whose young love The vines ...
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