The works of Shakespear [ed. by sir T.Hanmer].J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, B. Dod, and C. Corbet, 1750 |
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Page 94
... Lear , Cornwall , Albany , Gonerill , Regan , Cordelia , and Attendants . Lear . Attend the Lords of France and Burgundy . Glo . I fhall , my Liege . [ Exit . Lear . Mean time we shall exprefs our darker purpose . Give me the Map here ...
... Lear , Cornwall , Albany , Gonerill , Regan , Cordelia , and Attendants . Lear . Attend the Lords of France and Burgundy . Glo . I fhall , my Liege . [ Exit . Lear . Mean time we shall exprefs our darker purpose . Give me the Map here ...
Page 95
... Lear . Nothing ? Cor . Nothing . Lear . Nothing will come of nothing , speak again . Cor . Unhappy that I am , I cannot heave My heart into my mouth : I love your Majefty According to my bond , no more nor less . Lear . How , how ...
... Lear . Nothing ? Cor . Nothing . Lear . Nothing will come of nothing , speak again . Cor . Unhappy that I am , I cannot heave My heart into my mouth : I love your Majefty According to my bond , no more nor less . Lear . How , how ...
Page 96
... Lear . But goes thy heart with this ? Cor . Ay , my good Lord . Lear . So young , and so untender ? Cor . So young , my Lord , and true . Lear . Let it be fo , thy truth then be thy dowre : For by the facred radiance of the fun , The ...
... Lear . But goes thy heart with this ? Cor . Ay , my good Lord . Lear . So young , and so untender ? Cor . So young , my Lord , and true . Lear . Let it be fo , thy truth then be thy dowre : For by the facred radiance of the fun , The ...
Page 97
... Lear . Kent , on thy life no more . Kent . My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy foes ; nor fear to lose it , Thy fafety being the motive . Lear . Out of my fight ! Kent . See better , Lear , and let me still remain The ...
... Lear . Kent , on thy life no more . Kent . My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy foes ; nor fear to lose it , Thy fafety being the motive . Lear . Out of my fight ! Kent . See better , Lear , and let me still remain The ...
Page 98
... Lear . My Lord of Burgundy , We first address tow'rd you , who with this King Have rivall'd for our daughter ; what at least Will you require in prefent dowre with her , Or cease your queft of love ? Bur . Moft royal Majesty , I crave ...
... Lear . My Lord of Burgundy , We first address tow'rd you , who with this King Have rivall'd for our daughter ; what at least Will you require in prefent dowre with her , Or cease your queft of love ? Bur . Moft royal Majesty , I crave ...
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Page 313 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 161 - 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...
Page 270 - Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds : That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 164 - 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.
Page 103 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves thieves and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards liars and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence, and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on...
Page 288 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 161 - 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. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 266 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 270 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry...
Page 132 - 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...