 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...woman.~\ This is from the edition of 1623, and is the true reading. Thus Lear speaking of Cordelia, " Her voice was ever soft, " Gentle and low: — an excellent thing in woman." STEEVENS. In The Midsummer Nighfs dream, Quince tells Flute, who objecls to playing a woman's part,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'str — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. ' Did I not, fellow I have seen the day, with my good biting faulchion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all ! I might have sav'd her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow .' I have seen the day, with my good biting faulchion... | |
 | 1856 - 634 pages
...all.' One of the few passages of Shakspeare which he heard or repeated with complacency was : — ' Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low ; an excellent thing in woman.' Natural sweetness of tone, however, did not satisfy him either in reading or singing. One of his female... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all! I might have sav'd her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha!...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow? And these same crosses spoil me. — Who are you ?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all ! I might have sav'd her; now she's gone for ever!— Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha!...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow ? I have seen the day, with my good biting faulchion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all ! I might have sav'd her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow? I have seen the day, with my good biting faulchiou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
..." a trencher and a napkin iť the buttery." Steevens. 1 With soft low tongue,] So, in King Lear: " Her voice was ever soft, " Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman." Malone. ~ Who, for twice seven years, &c.l In former editions : Who for this seven years hath esteemed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all ! I might have sav'd her; now she's gone for ever!— Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha...woman :— I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Of. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow ? I have seen the day, with my good biting... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...your friend. Lear. A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all ! I might have saved her; now she's gone for ever! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha...kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off'. Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not, fellow ? I have seen the day, with my good biting faulchion,... | |
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Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. 
