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... King twice employs the theatrical image of the ruler as an actor on stage , but invests it with contradic- tory meanings . It is used both as a conventional Stoic praise of the transparent ruler , whose inward corresponds to his outward ...
... King twice employs the theatrical image of the ruler as an actor on stage , but invests it with contradic- tory meanings . It is used both as a conventional Stoic praise of the transparent ruler , whose inward corresponds to his outward ...
Page 170
... king's ability to remain aloof from , and uncontaminated by , what he sees . To use Robert Dingley's expres- sions , he is totus oculus , all eye , and his sinful subjects are basilisks which ' offend all good men's eyes ' with their ...
... king's ability to remain aloof from , and uncontaminated by , what he sees . To use Robert Dingley's expres- sions , he is totus oculus , all eye , and his sinful subjects are basilisks which ' offend all good men's eyes ' with their ...
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... King of Kent , or ] The Mayor of Queenborough . Bullen , ed . 2. 1-116 . Michaelmas Term . Ed . Richard Levin ... King Lear . Ed . R. A. Foakes . Arden . Walton : Thomas Nel- son and Sons , 1997 .. King Richard II . Ed . Peter Ure ...
... King of Kent , or ] The Mayor of Queenborough . Bullen , ed . 2. 1-116 . Michaelmas Term . Ed . Richard Levin ... King Lear . Ed . R. A. Foakes . Arden . Walton : Thomas Nel- son and Sons , 1997 .. King Richard II . Ed . Peter Ure ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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