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There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office. (IV.vi.) Having lost his kingdom, Lear realizes that “King” is just a title. The word is worthless without the power to back it up. By the same token, anyone can be a king if they’re powerful. Even a dog will be obeyed by people who fear its strength.
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Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk pass. 265 An 'chud ha' bin zwaggered out of my life, ’twould not ha' bin zo long as ’tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not near th' old man. Keep out, che vor' ye, or I’se try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder. 'Chill be plain with you.
EDGAR. Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air. Show scarce so gross as beetles: half ...
1. that same hill: i.e., that hill you promised to take me to —See Act 4, Scene 6, line 73 ff. EDGAR. 2 You do climb up it now: look, how we labour. 2. labour: sweat and pant. GLOUCESTER. 3 Methinks the ground is even. EDGAR. Horrible steep.
Let go, slave, or thou diest! Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk pass. An 'chud ha' bin zwaggered out of my life, ’twould not ha' bin zo long as ’tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not near th' old man. Keep out, che vor' ye, or I’se try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder. 'Chill be plain with you.
King Lear Translation Act 4, Scene 1. Act 4, Scene 1. EDGAR (in disguise) enters. Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear. 5 The lamentable change is from the best; The worst returns to laughter.
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Jun 7, 2023 · For the unbeliever, the fear of God is the fear of the judgment of God and eternal death, which is eternal separation from God (Luke 12:5; Hebrews 10:31). For the believer, the fear of God is something much different. The believer’s fear is reverence of God. Hebrews 12:28-29 is a good description of this: “Therefore, since we are receiving ...