King Lear: A TragedyG. Graebner, 1861 - 113 pages |
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... means half , but Shakespeare commonly uses it for any part or division . The meaning of the sentence is : The qualities and properties of the several divisions are so weighed and balanced against one another , that the exactest scrutiny ...
... means half , but Shakespeare commonly uses it for any part or division . The meaning of the sentence is : The qualities and properties of the several divisions are so weighed and balanced against one another , that the exactest scrutiny ...
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... means compass , [ Aside . comprehension ; or , the full complement of all the senses . But this passage may possibly be corrupted . 5. The use of both forms of com- parison together was common with the old writers . See many passages in ...
... means compass , [ Aside . comprehension ; or , the full complement of all the senses . But this passage may possibly be corrupted . 5. The use of both forms of com- parison together was common with the old writers . See many passages in ...
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... means , and acquaint you withal.3 Gloster . These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus , yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects . Love cools ...
... means , and acquaint you withal.3 Gloster . These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus , yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects . Love cools ...
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... means left to subdue them . 2. To advise , to inform . In this sense now chiefly confined to commer- cial language . 7. In Queen Elizabeth's time the papists were esteemed , and with good reason , enemies to the Government . Hence the ...
... means left to subdue them . 2. To advise , to inform . In this sense now chiefly confined to commer- cial language . 7. In Queen Elizabeth's time the papists were esteemed , and with good reason , enemies to the Government . Hence the ...
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... means child's play : The looking out from behind some object , and drawing back as if frightened , crying at the same time , bo - peep , to amuse little children . 3. A frontlet was a forehead - cloth , used formerly by ladies at night ...
... means child's play : The looking out from behind some object , and drawing back as if frightened , crying at the same time , bo - peep , to amuse little children . 3. A frontlet was a forehead - cloth , used formerly by ladies at night ...
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Alack Albany arms art thou bear beggars better bids blood brother Burgundy called carbonado Cordelia Corn Cornwall daughter dear death Dost thou doth Dover duke duke of Albany duke of Cornwall Edmund Enter EDGAR Enter GLOSTER Enter KENT Enter LEAR Exeunt LEAR Exit eyes father Flibbertigibbet follow Fool fortune foul fiend France Gent Gentleman give Glos GLOSTER'S Castle gods Goneril grace hand hath hear heart heaven hither honour horse King Lear knave lady Lear's look lord Madam master means nature never night noble nuncle Oswald pity poison'd poor Poor Tom Pr'ythee pray Re-enter Regan SCENE seek sense Servants signifies sirrah sister slave sorrow speak speech stand Starblasting storm sweet lord sword tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou dost thou hast traitor trumpet villain word wretch