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Cease your quest of love (1.1.193-198)

Flourish. Re-enter GLOUCESTER, with KING OF FRANCE, BURGUNDY, and Attendants GLOUCESTER Here's France and Burgundy, my noble lord. KING...

Away! by Jupiter (1.1.176-182)

KING LEAR Five days we do allot thee, for provision To shield thee from diseases of the world; And on the sixth to turn thy hated back...

Hear me, recreant! (1.1.170-175)

KING LEAR Hear me, recreant! On thine allegiance, hear me! Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow, Which we durst never yet, and...

I'll tell thee thou dost evil (1.1.165-169)

ALBANY CORNWALL Dear sir, forbear. KENT Do: Kill thy physician, and the fee bestow Upon thy foul disease. Revoke thy...

See better, Lear (1.1.158-165)

KING LEAR Kent, on thy life, no more. KENT My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy...

Reserve thy state (1.1.152-157)

KENT Reserve thy state; And, in thy best consideration, check This hideous rashness: answer my life my judgment, Thy youngest daughter...

Be Kent unmannerly, when Lear is mad (1.1.147-152)

KENT Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart: be Kent unmannerly, When Lear is mad. What wilt thou do, old man?...

The bow is bent and drawn (1.1.142-146)

KENT Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honour'd as my king, Loved as my father, as my master follow'd, As my great patron thought on in my...

All the additions to a king (1.1.137-142)

KING LEAR Only we still retain The name, and all the additions to a king; The sway, revenue, execution of the rest, Beloved sons, be...

Pride, which she calls plainness (1.1.129-137)

KING LEAR Call Burgundy. Cornwall and Albany, With my two daughters' dowers digest this third: Let pride, which...

The dragon and his wrath (1.1.123-128)

KING LEAR Peace, Kent! Come not between the dragon and his wrath. I loved her most, and thought to set my rest On her kind nursery....

The barbarous Scythian (1.1.117-123)

KING LEAR The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd,...

So young, my lord, and true. (1.1.105-109)

KING LEAR But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA Ay, good my lord. KING LEAR So young, and so untender? CORDELIA So young, my lord, and...

If they say they love you all (1.1.95-104)

CORDELIA Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me: I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most...

Nothing will come of nothing (1.1.87-95)

CORDELIA Nothing, my lord. KING LEAR Nothing! CORDELIA Nothing. KING LEAR Nothing will come of nothing: speak again. CORDELIA Unhappy...

No less in space, validity, and pleasure (1.1.79-86)

KING LEAR To thee and thine hereditary ever Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom; No less in space, validity, and pleasure, Than...

Made of the self-same metal (1.1.69-78)

REGAN Sir, I am made Of the self-same metal that my sister is, And prize me at her worth. In my true heart I find she names my very deed...

Shadowy forests and champains rich'd (1.1.63-69)

LEAR Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, With shadowy forests and with champains rich'd, With plenteous rivers and...

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