The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 10R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... called he his youngest daughter Cordeilla before him , and asked hir , what account she made of him ; unto whom she made this answer as followeth : Knowing the great love and fa- therlie zeale that you have alwaies born towards me ...
... called he his youngest daughter Cordeilla before him , and asked hir , what account she made of him ; unto whom she made this answer as followeth : Knowing the great love and fa- therlie zeale that you have alwaies born towards me ...
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... called , are perfectly suited to Lear's character . I have no doubt that the direction now given is right . Kent has hitherto said nothing that could extort even from the cholerick king so harsh a sentence , having only interposed in ...
... called , are perfectly suited to Lear's character . I have no doubt that the direction now given is right . Kent has hitherto said nothing that could extort even from the cholerick king so harsh a sentence , having only interposed in ...
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... called the bidding prayer . HENLEY . See also note to the epilogue to King Henry IV . Part II . REED . 2 Think'st thou , that duty shall have dread to speak , & c . ] I have given this passage according to the old folio , from which the ...
... called the bidding prayer . HENLEY . See also note to the epilogue to King Henry IV . Part II . REED . 2 Think'st thou , that duty shall have dread to speak , & c . ] I have given this passage according to the old folio , from which the ...
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... called Cecil's fast . To this disgraceful badge of popery Fletcher alludes in his Woman - hater , who makes the courtezan say , when Lazarillo , in search of the umbrano's head , was seized at her house by the intelligencers for a ...
... called Cecil's fast . To this disgraceful badge of popery Fletcher alludes in his Woman - hater , who makes the courtezan say , when Lazarillo , in search of the umbrano's head , was seized at her house by the intelligencers for a ...
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... called him ? KNIGHT . Sir , he answered me in the roundest manner , he would not . LEAR . He would not ! KNIGHT . My lord , I know not what the matter is ; but , to my judgment , your highness is not en- tertained with that ceremonious ...
... called him ? KNIGHT . Sir , he answered me in the roundest manner , he would not . LEAR . He would not ! KNIGHT . My lord , I know not what the matter is ; but , to my judgment , your highness is not en- tertained with that ceremonious ...
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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.