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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. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant... "
Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 68
by James Beattie - 1809
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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...man, Fourscore and upward ; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methiuks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet 1 am doubtful...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...O look upon 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, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...look upon me, Sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me : No, Sir, you must not kneel. /.- - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old...man, Fourscore and upward : and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful,...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 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...man, Fourscore and upward ; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful...
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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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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 33

England - 1833 - 1006 pages
...me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. No, sir, you must not kneel. Lear. Pray, do net mock me: I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upwards ; and to deal plainly with you, 1 fear I am not In my perfect mind. Methinks I should know...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 346 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...man, Fourscore and upward ; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, I should know you, and know this man : Yet I am doubtful...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...O, 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 man, Fourscore and upward ; Not an hour more, nor less : and, to deal plainly, 1 fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks,...
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A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms

William Hazlitt - Acting - 1818 - 282 pages
...in his interview with Cordelia, after he awakes from sleep, and has been restored to his senses — 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. Methinks, I should...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...to him, and begs his benediction. I hope I have no readers that can peruse his answer without tears; Pray do not mock me : I am a very foolish, fond old man, Fourscore and upward ; and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet 1 am doubtful:...
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