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Result number
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Work
The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets
are treated as single work with 154 parts.
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Character
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the character name is "Poet."
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Line
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The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of
collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not
restart for each scene.
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1 |
King Lear
[I, 2] |
Edmund |
427 |
I will seek him, sir, presently; convey the business as I
shall find means, and acquaint you withal.
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2 |
King Lear
[II, 1] |
Edmund |
974 |
Fled this way, sir. When by no means he could-
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3 |
King Lear
[II, 1] |
Earl of Gloucester |
975 |
Pursue him, ho! Go after. [Exeunt some Servants].
By no means what?
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4 |
King Lear
[II, 1] |
Earl of Gloucester |
1012 |
Strong and fast'ned villain!
Would he deny his letter? I never got him.
[Tucket within.]
Hark, the Duke's trumpets! I know not why he comes.
All ports I'll bar; the villain shall not scape;
The Duke must grant me that. Besides, his picture
I will send far and near, that all the kingdom
May have due note of him, and of my land,
Loyal and natural boy, I'll work the means
To make thee capable.
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5 |
King Lear
[II, 4] |
Duke of Cornwall |
1479 |
What means your Grace?
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6 |
King Lear
[II, 4] |
Goneril |
1605 |
My lord, entreat him by no means to stay.
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7 |
King Lear
[IV, 1] |
Earl of Gloucester |
2268 |
I have no way, and therefore want no eyes;
I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen
Our means secure us, and our mere defects
Prove our commodities. Ah dear son Edgar,
The food of thy abused father's wrath!
Might I but live to see thee in my touch,
I'ld say I had eyes again!
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8 |
King Lear
[IV, 3] |
Earl of Kent |
2495 |
Well, sir, the poor distressed Lear's i' th' town;
Who sometime, in his better tune, remembers
What we are come about, and by no means
Will yield to see his daughter.
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9 |
King Lear
[IV, 4] |
Doctor |
2527 |
There is means, madam.
Our foster nurse of nature is repose,
The which he lacks. That to provoke in him
Are many simples operative, whose power
Will close the eye of anguish.
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10 |
King Lear
[IV, 4] |
Cordelia |
2532 |
All blest secrets,
All you unpublish'd virtues of the earth,
Spring with my tears! be aidant and remediate
In the good man's distress! Seek, seek for him!
Lest his ungovern'd rage dissolve the life
That wants the means to lead it.
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11 |
King Lear
[V, 3] |
Edmund |
3151 |
Come hither, Captain; hark.
Take thou this note [gives a paper]. Go follow them to prison.
One step I have advanc'd thee. If thou dost
As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way
To noble fortunes. Know thou this, that men
Are as the time is. To be tender-minded
Does not become a sword. Thy great employment
Will not bear question. Either say thou'lt do't,
Or thrive by other means.
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12 |
King Lear
[V, 3] |
Edgar |
3388 |
What means that bloody knife?
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