 ... thought on ; even as he 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 a grandeur which...  The Works of Charles Lamb - Page 359by Charles Lamb - 1856 - 409 pagesFull view - About this book
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...in his mind ; we are sustained by a grandeur, which baffles the malice of his daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, nnmethodised from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
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...Lear,—we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, imraethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where... | |
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...of reasoning, unme ihodised fr ing its powers, as te wn ows were t mtet, a will on the corrupt iona and abuses of mankind, what have looks or tones to...sublime identification of his age with that of the heavcne tfiemtelves, when, in his reproaches to them for conniving at tho injustice of his children,... | |
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...Lear,—we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, hnmethodised from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
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...are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodised from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
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...in his mind ; we are sustained by a grandeur which bit/lies the malice of his daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty, irregular power of reasoning, unmethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
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...are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodised from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
 | Theology - 1838 - 420 pages
...we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms. In the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty...reproaches to them for conniving at the injustice of his chlldren, he reminds them that " they themselves are old." What gesture shall we appropriate to this?... | |
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...in his mind ; we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of his daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty, irregular power of reasoning, unmethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it... | |
 | Stephen Collins - 1845 - 324 pages
...we are in his mind; we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms. In the aberrations of his reason we discover a mighty,...irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinaiy purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it listeth, at will upon... | |
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