King Lear by William Shakespeare
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page 108 of 204 (52%)
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Lear. Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.--Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.--Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.--Off, off, you lendings!--Come, unbutton here. [Tears off his clothes.] Fool. Pr'ythee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night to swim in.--Now a little fire in a wild field were like an old lecher's heart,--a small spark, all the rest on's body cold.--Look, here comes a walking fire. Edg. This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and makes the harelip; mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of earth. Swithold footed thrice the old; He met the nightmare, and her nine-fold; Bid her alight And her troth plight, And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee! Kent. |
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