...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,...

...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...woman,- — I 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...

...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 ! What is't...: — I 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...

...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! What is't thou...: — I 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...

...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! What is't thou...: — I 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...

...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! What is't thou...: — I 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...

..." a trencher and a napkin i» 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...

...meek ; peaceable. I am one of those gentli ones that will use the devil himself with curtesy. Slalif, Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low ; an excellent thing in woman. Sbaktpcare. As gentle, and as jocund, as to jest, Co I to fight. Staluf. Rickard II. A virtuous and...

...hundred pound ?* Eva. Ay, and her father is make her a petter penny. Thus, Lear, speaking of Cordelia : " Her voice was ever soft, " Gentle and low : — an excellent thing in woman." Steevens. Dr. Warhurton has found more pleasantry here than I helieve was intended. Small was, I think,...

...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 ! What is't...: — I 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...