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" 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. "
The British Essayists: Adventurer - Page 194
by James Ferguson - 1819
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me : — >!o, sir, you must not kneel/ Lear. Pray, do not mock me :' I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward ;7 and, to deal plainly, Again, in Timon of Athens: " And dispossess her all." Steevens. * I am mightily...
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King Lear: A Tragedy, in Five Acts. Altered as Performed

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 94 pages
...abused ; I should even die with pity To see another thus. I will not swear These are my hands. Lear. Pray, do not mock me ; I am a very foolish, fond,...deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Cord. Nay, then farewell to patience ? witness for me, Ye mighty pow'rs, I ne'er complain'd till now...
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The Reflector: A Quarterly Magazine, on Subjects of Philosophy ..., Volume 2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lend." ******** " f am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward...plainly, I fear. I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, 1 should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful ; for I ain mainly ignonint What place this...
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 3

1811 - 418 pages
...strengths, while we Unburden'd crawl toward death; — and again in the seventh scene of the fourth act, Pray do not mock me: I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upwards, — and, to finish the portrait, he has made him the victim of his own kindness to ungrateful,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...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 : I am a very foolish fond old...deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methiuks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet 1 am doubtful : for I am mainly ignorant What...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...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 : I am a very foolish fond old...deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Mor.hinks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful : for I am mainly ignorant What...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 288 pages
...henedictiou o'er me : — No, Sir, you mnst not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me: I am a very {foolish foud old man , ' . . Fourscore and upward; and, to deal...plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, 1 should know you, and know this man! Vet I am douhtful : for I am mainly ignorant "What place this...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...benediction o'er me : — No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish foud old man, Fourscore and upward; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not m my perfect mind. Methinks, I -should know you, and know this man : Yet I am doubtful : for l am mainly...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...look on me, sir, And hold your hand in benediction o'er me. — No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray do not mock me ; I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward; and, to deal plainly with you, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man, Yet I...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...me, sir, • And hold your hands in benediction o'er me :—— No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upwafd; Not an hour more, nor less : and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks,...
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