 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...No, sir, 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, 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...condition. Cor. O, look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me : — No, sir, 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, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock a» 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 TOO, and know this nu-' Yet I am doubtful : for I a'm mainly ignorant What... | |
 | Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me : I aAi 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... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...Nay, sir, you must not kneel. 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... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1833 - 362 pages
...condition. CORDELIA. O look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me : — No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR. Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upwards ; and to deal plainly with you, I fear I am not in my... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...CORDELIA. O look upon me, sir ! And hold your hands in benediction o'er me : — Nay, sir, 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, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1844 - 722 pages
...Such a passage as that in Lear, — • "I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upwards ; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind," it would be impossible to write in French. Why ? Their language does not admit of such plain and familiar... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...condition. Cor. O, look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward ; 3 and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect... | |
 | Thomas Browne Browne - Absentee landlordism - 1838 - 274 pages
...quoted than the wonderful passage in Lear, beginning " I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward, and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind." It would appear at first sight that this is the language of common life, but it is only apparently... | |
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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 know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful for I am mainly ignorant... 
