 Lear. Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1571833Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 324 pages
...pin prick. Would I were assured Of my condition. CORDELIA O look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock. I am a very foolish fond old man, 60 Fourscore and upward, and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in... | |
 | John Sutherland, Cedric Watts - Literary recreations - 2000 - 244 pages
...tormenting wraith: I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward, Not an hour more nor less; and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (4.6.53-6) Unless this is meant to be a Rip Van Winkle delusion, eighty-plus is a huge age. Among British... | |
 | Jeffery Deaver - Fiction - 2009 - 306 pages
...stood up and said, * 1 am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less, and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.' ' "Ill say you're not in perfect mind," his friend chided. "You've got it all wrong." "Oh, you think... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 334 pages
...my condition. CORDELIA (kneeling) 0 look upon me, sir, 55 And hold your hands in benediction o 'er me . No, sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock . I am a very foolish, fond old man, 40 all!] Q (~,) 46 know] Q1; know ye Q2; do you know F 50 daylight?]... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 148 pages
...Would I were assur'd Of my condition! CORDELIA O! look upon me, Sir, And hold your hand in henediction o'er me. No, Sir, you must not kneel. LEAR Pray, do...a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 510 pages
...pin prick. Would I were assured Of my condition ! Cor. Oh, look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. * No, sir,* you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me J I am a very foolish, fond, old man, 60 49. You are] Ydr Q,. Tare Q2. Wh. Ktly, when] where Q^F2,... | |
 | Sharon Hamilton - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 196 pages
...of love is to snap Lear back to reality, and to a humble admission of his reduced status. He pleads: Pray do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind [ll. 59-63]. The... | |
 | Robert Ornstein - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 318 pages
...pin prick. Would 1 were assur'd Of my condition! Cor. (), look upon me, sir, And hold your hand in benediction o'er me. [No, sir,] you must not kneel....a very foolish fond old man. Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (Lr. 4.7.51-62,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Drama - 2011 - 387 pages
...pinprick. Would I were assured Of my condition! CORDELIA O, look upon me, sir, 65 And hold your hand in benediction o'er me. (No, sir,) you must not kneel. LEAR Pray do not mock I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less, 70 And to deal plainly,... | |
 | Stephen G. Post, Robert H. Binstock - Medical - 2004 - 490 pages
...white as this." When his youngest, Cordelia, returns to him, Lear is not sure who she is at first: "Pray do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man ... I fear I am not in my perfect mind." The play explores the jealous greed of adult children who... | |
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