The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes, Volume 19Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, 1812 |
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... fiend , More hideous , when thou show'st thee in a child , Than the sea - monster ! Alb . Pray , Sir , be patient . Lear . Detested kite ! thou liest : [ to GONERIL . My train are men of choice and rarest parts , That all particulars of ...
... fiend , More hideous , when thou show'st thee in a child , Than the sea - monster ! Alb . Pray , Sir , be patient . Lear . Detested kite ! thou liest : [ to GONERIL . My train are men of choice and rarest parts , That all particulars of ...
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... fiend follows me ! - Through the sharp hawthorn blows the cold wind . Humph ! go to thy cold bed , and warm thee . Lear . Hast thou given all to thy two daughters ? And art thou come to this ? Edg . Who gives any thing to poor Tom ...
... fiend follows me ! - Through the sharp hawthorn blows the cold wind . Humph ! go to thy cold bed , and warm thee . Lear . Hast thou given all to thy two daughters ? And art thou come to this ? Edg . Who gives any thing to poor Tom ...
Page 66
... fiend : Obey thy pa- rents ; keep thy word justly ; swear not ; commit not with man's sworn spouse ; set not thy sweet heart on proud array : Tom's a - cold . Lear . What hast thou been ? Edg . A serving man , proud in heart and mind ...
... fiend : Obey thy pa- rents ; keep thy word justly ; swear not ; commit not with man's sworn spouse ; set not thy sweet heart on proud array : Tom's a - cold . Lear . What hast thou been ? Edg . A serving man , proud in heart and mind ...
Page 67
... fiend Flibbertigibbet : he begins at curfew , and walks till the first cock ; he gives the web and the pin , squints the eye , and makes the hare - lip ; mildews the white wheat , and hurts the poor creature of earth . Saint Withold ...
... fiend Flibbertigibbet : he begins at curfew , and walks till the first cock ; he gives the web and the pin , squints the eye , and makes the hare - lip ; mildews the white wheat , and hurts the poor creature of earth . Saint Withold ...
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... fiend ! Glo . What , hath your Grace no better company ? Edg . The Prince of darkness is a fiue gentleman ; Modo he's call'd , and Mahu . Glo . Our flesh and blood , my Lord , is grown so vile , That it doth hate what gets it . Edg ...
... fiend ! Glo . What , hath your Grace no better company ? Edg . The Prince of darkness is a fiue gentleman ; Modo he's call'd , and Mahu . Glo . Our flesh and blood , my Lord , is grown so vile , That it doth hate what gets it . Edg ...
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Page 120 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Page 96 - O, ho, are you there with me ? No eyes in your head, nor no money in your purse ? Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light : yet you see how this world goes. Glou. I see it feelingly. Lear. What, art mad ? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief.
Page 92 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 97 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools; This...
Page 104 - 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, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 6 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Page 34 - Lear. O let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven ! Keep me in temper ; I would not be mad ! — Enter Gentleman.
Page 178 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 138 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Page 55 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...