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" Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 408
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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History of European Drama and Theatre

Erika Fischer-Lichte - 2002 - 410 pages
...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, pomp, Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That...shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more iust. (Ш, 4, 28-36) On the other hand, Lear keeps his identification with the 'all-powerful'. Not...
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Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection

Isaac Asimov - 2009 - 418 pages
...managing to work up an impression of beggars merely by producing the fluttering of rags, Lear says: "Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them...
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Seasons Such As These: How Homelessness Took Shape in America

Cynthia J. Bogard - 276 pages
...past and present May we all pursue our calling with such dedication Poor naked wretches, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? —William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene iv Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction...
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Playing Lear

Oliver Ford Davies - 2003 - 224 pages
...others' comfort when he begs Kent and the Fool to take their ease in the hovel. This is a prelude to Poor, naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care...
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library

Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...houseless poverty', cries Lear on the heath. O, I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, pomp, Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That...superflux to them And show the heavens more just. (3.4.32-6) And Gloucester, blind and helpless, echoes this conclusion: Heavens deal so still! Let the...
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Rebuilding Trust in Healthcare

Jamie Harrison, Rob Innes, T. D. Van Zwanenberg - 2003 - 220 pages
...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That...superflux to them, And show the heavens more just. 14 There are times in the history of most peoples, or in the development of most professions, when...
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The Human Poetry of Faith: A Spiritual Guide to Life

Michael Paul Gallagher - 2003 - 156 pages
...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That...superflux to them And show the heavens more just. R: You have the basis of liberation theology there! The conversion starts from a real encounter with...
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Paranoia & Contentment: A Personal Essay on Western Thought

John C. Hampsey - 2004 - 236 pages
...naked (both literally and figuratively), Lear is able to see in an off-track way unknown to him before: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp, Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,...
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Shakespeare's King Lear with The Tempest: The Discovery of Nature and the ...

Mark Allen McDonald - 2004 - 334 pages
...You houseless povertyNay, get thee in. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. Poor naked wretches, wherso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, Pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,...
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Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism

Susan Jacoby - 2004 - 433 pages
...— the soliloquy Lear delivers when, after raging on the heath, he stumbles on a place of shelter: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window 'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? Oh, I have ta'en Too little care of this!...
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