King Lear: A TragedyW. and J. Richardson, and sold by B. White, 1770 - 207 pages |
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... Goneril , and Steward . Gon . Did my father ftrike my gentleman for chiding of his fool ? Stew . Yes , madam . Gon . By day and night he wrongs me every hour He flashes into one grofs crime or other , That fets us all at odds ; I'll not ...
... Goneril , and Steward . Gon . Did my father ftrike my gentleman for chiding of his fool ? Stew . Yes , madam . Gon . By day and night he wrongs me every hour He flashes into one grofs crime or other , That fets us all at odds ; I'll not ...
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... Goneril and Edmund . Gon . Welcome , my lord ; I marvel , our mild husband Not met us on the way . Enter Steward . Now , where's your master ? Stew . Madam , within ; but never man so chang'd . I told him of the army that was landed ...
... Goneril and Edmund . Gon . Welcome , my lord ; I marvel , our mild husband Not met us on the way . Enter Steward . Now , where's your master ? Stew . Madam , within ; but never man so chang'd . I told him of the army that was landed ...
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... GONERIL L. Oh , undistinguish'd space of woman's b will ! A plot upon her virtuous husband's life , And the exchange my brother . Here , i'th ' fands Thee I'll rake up , the poft unfanctified So the qu's ; the reft the for thefe . So ...
... GONERIL L. Oh , undistinguish'd space of woman's b will ! A plot upon her virtuous husband's life , And the exchange my brother . Here , i'th ' fands Thee I'll rake up , the poft unfanctified So the qu's ; the reft the for thefe . So ...
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... Goneril !, and foldiers . i Gon . I had rather lofe the battle , than that fifter Should loofen him and me . Alb . Our very loving fifter , well be met . * Sir , this I hear , the king is come to his daughter , With others , whom the ...
... Goneril !, and foldiers . i Gon . I had rather lofe the battle , than that fifter Should loofen him and me . Alb . Our very loving fifter , well be met . * Sir , this I hear , the king is come to his daughter , With others , whom the ...
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Page 165 - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Page 4 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ', By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist, and cease to be, Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me, Hold thee from this for ever.
Page 173 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses, and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Page 95 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 28 - ... 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 165 - 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. Cor. No cause, no cause.
Page 155 - 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 88 - O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous: Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's: thou art a lady; If only to go warm were gorgeous, Why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm.
Page 4 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth.
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.