The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 10F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... Edgar and Edmund were probably sug- gested by Holinshed . See his Chronicle , vol . i . p . 122 : " Edgar , the son of Edmund , brother of Athelstane , " & c . This tragedy , I believe , was written in 1605. See An Attempt to ascertain ...
... Edgar and Edmund were probably sug- gested by Holinshed . See his Chronicle , vol . i . p . 122 : " Edgar , the son of Edmund , brother of Athelstane , " & c . This tragedy , I believe , was written in 1605. See An Attempt to ascertain ...
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... EDGAR , Son to Gloster . EDMUND , Bastard Son to Gloster . CURAN , a Courtier . Old Man , Tenant to Gloster . Physician . Fool . OSWALD , Steward to Goneril . An Officer , employed by Edmund . Gentleman , Attendant on Cordelia . A ...
... EDGAR , Son to Gloster . EDMUND , Bastard Son to Gloster . CURAN , a Courtier . Old Man , Tenant to Gloster . Physician . Fool . OSWALD , Steward to Goneril . An Officer , employed by Edmund . Gentleman , Attendant on Cordelia . A ...
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... Edgar , I must have your land : Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund , As to the legitimate : Fine word , -legitimate * ! Well , my legitimate , if this letter speed , And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the ...
... Edgar , I must have your land : Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund , As to the legitimate : Fine word , -legitimate * ! Well , my legitimate , if this letter speed , And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the ...
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... EDGAR . - Humph - Conspiracy ! -Sleep till I waked him , -you should enjoy half his revenue , -My son Edgar ! Had he a hand to write this ? a heart and brain to breed it in ? -When came this to you ? Who brought it ? EDM . It was not ...
... EDGAR . - Humph - Conspiracy ! -Sleep till I waked him , -you should enjoy half his revenue , -My son Edgar ! Had he a hand to write this ? a heart and brain to breed it in ? -When came this to you ? Who brought it ? EDM . It was not ...
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... Edgar has been represented as wishing to possess his father's fortune , i . e . to unstate him ; and therefore his father says he would unstate himself to be sufficiently resolved to punish him . To enstate is to confer a fortune . So ...
... Edgar has been represented as wishing to possess his father's fortune , i . e . to unstate him ; and therefore his father says he would unstate himself to be sufficiently resolved to punish him . To enstate is to confer a fortune . So ...
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