King Lear by William Shakespeare
page 137 of 204 (67%)
page 137 of 204 (67%)
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Madam, here comes my lord.
[Exit.] [Enter Albany.] Gon. I have been worth the whistle. Alb. O Goneril! You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face! I fear your disposition: That nature which contemns it origin Cannot be bordered certain in itself; She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap, perforce must wither And come to deadly use. Gon. No more; the text is foolish. Alb. Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile: Filths savour but themselves. What have you done? Tigers, not daughters, what have you perform'd? A father, and a gracious aged man, Whose reverence even the head-lugg'd bear would lick, Most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded. Could my good brother suffer you to do it? |
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