 On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear, — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms...  The Prose Works of Charles Lamb - Page 120by Charles Lamb - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage: while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...and storms ; in the aberrations of 'his reason, we disi cover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life,... | |
 | 1815 - 558 pages
...himself neglects if. On (he stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage : while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and stoi ms ; in the aberrations of his reason we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized... | |
 | 1815 - 554 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage : while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of hii reason we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes... | |
 | 1815 - 628 pages
...stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage : while we read if, we see not Lear, but we are Lear — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which kiffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason we discover a mighty... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear ;—we are in his mind, we are sustained by ^grandeur, which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see 110thing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence or rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, imrnethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage • while we read it, we see not Lear, but we...we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see no thing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aherralions of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the... | |
 | John Iliff Wilson - London (England) - 1821 - 348 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporeal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are...we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pages
...himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage : while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear; — we are in bis mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the... | |
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