Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward ; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful : for I am mainly ignorant What place this is... King Lear: A Tragedy : in Five Acts - Pàgina 45per William Shakespeare, Nahum Tate - 1811 - 70 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Emerson R. Marks - 1998 - 428 pàgines
...expressing mental distress; he could imagine nothing more moving than Lear's appeal in Act IV, scene 7: Pray, do not mock me; I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should... | |
| Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh - 1998 - 44 pàgines
...but jest ... and ... 'tis my vocation, and 'tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation ... but, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind ... methinks I should know you (Points to someone in the house.) ... and know this man (Points to someone... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1999 - 196 pàgines
...condition. CORDELIA O look upon me, sir, And hold your hand in benediction o'er me. You must not kneel. 6O LEAR Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, 62 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, Methinks I should know you,... | |
| Ben Siegel, Jay L. Halio - 1999 - 248 pàgines
...Lexington IRT reciting King Lear aloud: "Pray, do not mock me. /1 am a very foolish fond old man, / . . . And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind. / Methinks . . .' " As Sabbath goes blank, a young woman sitting next to him whispers the next line:... | |
| Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - 2000 - 330 pàgines
...Hands. CORDELIA O look upon me, Sir, And hold your Hands in Blessing o're me, nay, You must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond...Old Man, Fourscore and upward, and to deal plainly with you, I fear I am not in my perfect Mind. CORDELIA Nay, then farewell to patience; witness for... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2000 - 324 pàgines
...benediction o'er me. No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock. I am a very foolish fond old man, 60 Fourscore and upward, and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful, for I am mainly ignorant &4 What... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2001 - 334 pàgines
...range of meanings from 'fool45-6 that . . . scald with the result that my ish', 'doting', to 'mad'. Fourscore and upward, and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind . 60 Methinks I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful, for I am mainly ignorant What... | |
| Jeffery Deaver - 2009 - 306 pàgines
...stood up and said, * 1 am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less, and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.' ' "Ill say you're not in perfect mind," his friend chided. "You've got it all wrong." "Oh, you think... | |
| John Sutherland, Cedric Watts - 2000 - 244 pàgines
...tormenting wraith: I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward, Not an hour more nor less; and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (4.6.53-6) Unless this is meant to be a Rip Van Winkle delusion, eighty-plus is a huge age. Among British... | |
| Sharon Hamilton - 2003 - 196 pàgines
...of love is to snap Lear back to reality, and to a humble admission of his reduced status. He pleads: Pray do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind [ll. 59-63]. The... | |
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