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THE story of this tragedy had found its way into many ballads and other metrical
pieces ; yet Shakspeare seems to have been more indebted to The True
Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters , Gonorill , Ragan , and
Cordella ...
THE story of this tragedy had found its way into many ballads and other metrical
pieces ; yet Shakspeare seems to have been more indebted to The True
Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters , Gonorill , Ragan , and
Cordella ...
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In my true heart I find , she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too
short , - - that I profess : Myself an enemy to all other joys , Which the most
precious square of sense possesses “ ; and with champains rich ' D , . . . With
plenteous ...
In my true heart I find , she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too
short , - - that I profess : Myself an enemy to all other joys , Which the most
precious square of sense possesses “ ; and with champains rich ' D , . . . With
plenteous ...
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See better , Lear ; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye 5 . LEAR .
Now , by Apollo " , 3 Reverbs - ] This is , perhaps , a word of the poet ' s own
making , meaning the same as reverberates . Steevens . a pawn To waGE
AGAINST ...
See better , Lear ; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye 5 . LEAR .
Now , by Apollo " , 3 Reverbs - ] This is , perhaps , a word of the poet ' s own
making , meaning the same as reverberates . Steevens . a pawn To waGE
AGAINST ...
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Of this sort of proceeding , when the true reading is adopted from my edition , and
a note inserted in defence of the spurious and rejected one , a hundred instances
may be found in Mr . Steevens ' s editions of 1793 and 1803 . Malone .
Of this sort of proceeding , when the true reading is adopted from my edition , and
a note inserted in defence of the spurious and rejected one , a hundred instances
may be found in Mr . Steevens ' s editions of 1793 and 1803 . Malone .
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Here is the guess of their true op strength and forces By diligent discovery ; - but
your haste Is now urg ' d on you . Alb . We will greet the time o . [ Exit . Edm . To
both these sisters have I sworn my love ; Each jealous of the other , as the stung ...
Here is the guess of their true op strength and forces By diligent discovery ; - but
your haste Is now urg ' d on you . Alb . We will greet the time o . [ Exit . Edm . To
both these sisters have I sworn my love ; Each jealous of the other , as the stung ...
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Page 130 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely ; touch me with noble anger ! O, let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks ! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think...
Page 247 - 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 326 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 248 - Lear Be your tears wet? Yes, faith. I pray, weep not: If you have poison for me, I will drink it. I know you do not love me/ for your sisters Have, as I do remember, done me wrong: YOU have some cause, they have not. Cordelia No cause, no cause.
Page 76 - Lear. O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet Heaven ! Keep me in temper : I would not be mad ! — Enter Gentleman.
Page 230 - 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 231 - Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand ! Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For which thou whipp'st her.
Page 13 - Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me; I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you. Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply...
Page 148 - When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there.
Page 158 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 10 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
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