 Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button. Thank you, sir.  Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, with notes, adapted for schools and for ... - Page 140by William Shakespeare - 1865Full view - About this book
 | England - 1828
...what to say. I itill not swear these are my hands. Let's see ; I feel this pin prick. " And again, " Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all J 0 ! thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never I Pray you undo this button — thank... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 323 pages
...late to be countermanded, and Lear dies broken-hearted, lamenting over her. " Lear. And my poor fool is hanged ! No, no, no life : Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button : thank... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 323 pages
...late to be countermanded, and Lear dies broken-hearted, lamenting over her. " Lear. And my poor fool is hanged ! No, no, no life : Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, IVever, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button : thank... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818
...virtue, and all foes \ The cup of their deservings. — O, see, see ! Lear. And my poor fool is hang'd ! No, no, no life: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! — Pray you, undo this button : Thank... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819
...last speech, as he surveys the body, consists of such simple reflections as nature and sorrow dictate: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou'lt come no more; Never, never, never, never, never! The heaving and swelling of his heart is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...hang'd !] This is an expression of tenderness for his dead Cordelia (not his fool, as some have thought) Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, on whose lips he is still intent, and dies away while he is searching... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...produced the foam. — Lear's affectionate remembrance of the Fool in this place, I used to think, Never, never, never, never, never ! — Pray you, undo this button ° : Thank you, sir. — was one of those strokes of genius, or of nature, which are so often found in Shakspeare, and in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...deservings. — O, see, see ! /.ear. And my poor fool $ is haug'd! No, no, no life : Why should a dug, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button: thank... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings. — O, see, see ! Lear. And my poor fool is hang'd ! * No, no, no life : Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! — Pray you, undo this button2: Thank... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...The cup of their deservings.—O, see, see ! [To EDGAR and KENT Lear. And my poor fool is hang'd !* No, no, no life : Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? O, thou wilt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never !— Pray you, undo this button. 5 Thank... | |
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