Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 249
... King Lear , " for instance , there are outbreaks which shed sudden light upon his inmost thoughts . The king , destitute and straying about the country in the rain with his fool and one faithful follower , takes refuge in an empty hovel ...
... King Lear , " for instance , there are outbreaks which shed sudden light upon his inmost thoughts . The king , destitute and straying about the country in the rain with his fool and one faithful follower , takes refuge in an empty hovel ...
Page 254
... King was the owner of all the lands , and supreme head of Church and State . His voice was superior to all law . If a common man passed by the King's house without prostrating himself , or came near the King with his head wet , or even ...
... King was the owner of all the lands , and supreme head of Church and State . His voice was superior to all law . If a common man passed by the King's house without prostrating himself , or came near the King with his head wet , or even ...
Page 255
... King — and did him service . But both the chiefs and priests were lit- tle better than slaves to the King . After them came the plebeians , the common men , who were slaves to priests and chiefs and King , a class who were cruelly ...
... King — and did him service . But both the chiefs and priests were lit- tle better than slaves to the King . After them came the plebeians , the common men , who were slaves to priests and chiefs and King , a class who were cruelly ...
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