Shakespere's Select Tragedies Consisting of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, King Richard III - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... course, With reservation of an hundred knights, By you to be sustain'd, shall our abode Make with you by due turn. Only we shall retain The name, and all the additions to a king; The sway, Revenue, execution of the rest, Beloved sons, be yours: which to confirm, This coronet part between you. Giving the crown. Kent. Royal Lear, Whom l have ever honour'd as my king, Lov'd as my father, as my master i'ollow'd, As my great patron thought on in my prayers,--Lear. The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. Kent. Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart: be Kent unmannerly, When Lear is mad. What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak, When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound, When majesty falls' to folly. Reserve thy state; 2 And, in thy best consideration, check This hideous rashncss: answer my life my judgment, Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least; Nor are those empty-hearted, whose low sounds Reverb no hollowness. Lear. Kent, on thy life, no more. Kent. My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thine enemies; ne'er fear to lose it, Thy safety being motive. Lear. Out of my sight! Kent. See better, Lear; and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. Lear. Now, by Apollo, Kent. Now, by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. Lear. 0, vassal! miscreanti Laying his hand on his sword. Alb. Corn. Dear sir, forbear. 1 FnII:--ihe quartos, stoops. 9 Reserve thy stale--the quartos, reverie thy doom-Krsc LEAR. 2 Kent. Kill thy physician, and thy fee bestow Upon the foul disease. Revoke thy gift; Or, whilst l can vent clamour from my throat, l'll tell thee, thou dost evil. Lear....
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