 | 1804 - 824 pages
...I can use, where ho introduces Lear ar^uingwith his daughter about what was nceiyut for his state. O, reason not the need: our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous; Allow nyt nature inure than nature needs ; Man's life is cheap as beasts. — (p. 21.) We actually thought,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...To follow in a house, where twice so many Have a command to tend you ? Reg. W'hat need one ? Lear. O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous t Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's : thou art a lady ; If only... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...Instigate. To follow in a house, where twk* 90 many Have a command to tend you ? Rtg. What need one? Lear. O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in...thing superfluous : Allow not nature more than nature Deeds, Man's life i> cheap as beast's : tbou art a lady ; If only to go warm were gorgeous, Why, nature... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...purpose."—Ibid. , Our great poet argues on this subject with all the gravity and force of an ancient stoic— O reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest things superfluous. Allot? not nature more than nature needs, Man's lite is cheap as beasts. Jests... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...Ibid. Our great poet argues on this subject with all the gravity and force of an ancient stoic — O reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest things superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs, Alan's life is cheap as beasts. King Lear.... | |
 | George Colman - 1830 - 324 pages
...worldly wants are rather comparative than absolutef) that kind of decent corn* " Dool,"— Grief, t " O, reason not the need ; our basest beggars Are in the poorest things superfluous : Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beasts." SHAKSPEARE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...behind thee, and on every hand, Enwheel thee round ! 37 — ii. 1. 614 Nature content with little. O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in...poorest thing superfluous : Allow not nature more thaa nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. 34 — ii. 4. 615 Plea of adversity, If ever you... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1839 - 390 pages
...as little needs. Hear what the immortal Shakspeare has put into the mouth of Lear on this matter. " O reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest things superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beasts : thou art... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 398 pages
...as means of his sufferings, and aggravations of his daughters' ingratitude. Ib. Lear's speech : — O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous, &c. Observe that the tranquillity which follows the first stunning of the blow permits Lear to reason.... | |
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O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. Allow 34 not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's. 
