 | 1849
...the air ! Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out of the grave ; — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but [ am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. Cordelia. Sir, do you know me ? Lear. You are a spirit, I know : — When did... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1850 - 340 pages
...any other writer. CORDELIA. You do me wrong to take me out of the grave. Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. CORDELIA. Sir, do you know me ? LEAR. You are a spirit, I know : when did you... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851
...fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. Cor. Sir, do you know me? Lear. You are a spirit, I know ; when did you die... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 345 pages
...How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave: Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. Cor. Sir, do you know me. Lear. You are a spirit, I know: When did you die*... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851
...your majesty ? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave : — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. * Dressed. t Formed. J Changed hy his children. Cor. Sir, do you know me ?... | |
 | William R. Elton - 1980 - 299 pages
...66) of Cordelia's forgiveness: You do me wrong to take me out o' th' grave; Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead, (IVvii.45-48) once again a syncretic image, which the New Arden editor annotates... | |
 | Ronald L. Dotterer - 1989 - 234 pages
...eternally through hell. Lear explicitly compares his experience with that of Ixion when he exclaims, 'I am bound / Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead' (4.7.4648). "10 Ixion tried to seduce Hera (Juno), who formed a cloud in her... | |
 | John Casey - 1991 - 242 pages
...old man'.38 There is certainly a humbled quality in his words to Cordelia: Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.39 There is little more than that. Bradley thinks that Lear finds knowledge... | |
 | William Irwin Thompson - 1989 - 446 pages
...wheel and can say with King Lear: You do me wrong to take me out o th' grave. Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. FIVE AD2000: The Millennium Under New Management "Major fighting in Viet Nam... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1992 - 431 pages
...madness? Hallucination? Metaphor? You do me wrong to take me out o' th' grave; Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead (45-48). Half-circle the wheel had come for the Lears who began titanic, tough,... | |
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tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. 
