 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...that she is " as fond of grief as of her child ;" and what, for true pathos, can surpass her reply ? " Grief fills the room up of my absent child ; Lies...his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief ? O Lord 1 my boy, my Arthur, my fair son ! My life, my joy, my food, my all the world ! My widow-comfort... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...Phi. You are as fond of grief, as of your child. Const. G rief fills the room up of my absent chitd, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts...his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief. Pare you well : had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do. — I will not keep... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...hysterica passio " of Lear — is swallowed up in the mother's sense of her final bereavement : — " Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...to be fond of grief. Fare you well : had you such a lose as 1, I could give better comfort than you do, * s * « O Lord ! my boy, my Arthur, my fair »on... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...heinous a respect of grief. Const. He talks to me that never had a son. K. Phi. You are as fond of your grief as of your child. . Const. Grief fills the room...his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief. u. Arthur. Good morning, Hubert. Hubert. Good morrow, little Prince. A. As little Prince (having so... | |
 | Drama - 1849 - 602 pages
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 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...— " Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puta on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers...loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do, * • ss О Lord ! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son ! My life, my joy, my food, my all the world ! My... | |
 | Aeschylus - Danaids (Greek mythology) - 1849 - 340 pages
...Achill. Tatius, VI. p. 375. For other illustrations see Boyes, and compare, King John III. 4 : — Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form — ". 1 And Ion I. 2. — When thou art gone — the light of our life quench'u — Haunting like... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...given him some immediate relief, and therefore he has indulged it. " Grief," says Constance, — " Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form." These two causes appear to me to explain the singular phenomenon, that sorrow should ever be pleasant,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 pages
...most impassioned and vehement eloquence. How exquisitely beautiful are the following lines ! — « Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form: Then have I reason to be fond of grief." Shakspeare has judiciously preserved the character of the Bastard Faulconbridge, which was furnished... | |
 | Bruce Redford - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 272 pages
...male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born .... Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief? (3.4.48-50, 79-81, 93-98) Shakespeare's imagery imprints itself so thoroughly on Gray's mind that when... | |
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Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of... 
