...remains but to dismiss the actors from the stage. Very beautiful is Lear's reminiscence of Cordelia— " Her voice was ever soft. Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman." Her death loosens Lear's last hold of life ; his longer retention here would be a cruel mockery—...

...; now she's gone for ever ! — Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha ! What is't thou say'st ? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low : an excellent thing in woman : — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. "Pis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...

...rarement Shakspeare, et l'un des passages auxquels il faisait l'honneur de les répéter était celui-ci : Her voice was ever soft Gentle and low; — an excellent thing in woman1. Encore fallait-il que le débit fût juste, et une belle dame, à la foix riche et timbrée,...

...now, she's gone for ever. — Cordelia, Cordelia ! stay a little. Ha ! What is't thou say'st ? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low — an excellent thing in woman. — I kill'd the slave that was a hanging thee. Off. 'Tis true, my lords, he did. Lear. Did I not,...

...all." One of the few passages of Shakspeare which he heard or repeated with complacency was : — " Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman." Natural sweetness of tone did not satisfy him either in reading or singing. One of his female acquaintancc,...

...of the births that may be yours. Arthur Rimbaud, 1870, Voyelles (trans.) 18:26 [Lear, of Cordelia] Her voice was ever soft, / Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. William Shakespeare, 1605-6, King Lear, V. ill. 247 18:27 [Panthea, of Prometheus] I could hear / His...

...as in singing. Shakespeare summarises the prevailing ideal in his description of Princess Cordelia: 'Her voice was ever soft, / Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman'.22 Giovanni de' Bardi, a member of one of the famous Florentine Camerate in the 1570s and 1580s,...

...saved her; now she's gone forever. Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha? 270 What is't thou sayest? - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in women. I killed the slave that was a-hanging thee. CAPTAIN 'Tis true, my lords, he did. 261 stone mirror...

...her; now she's gone for ever. — Cordelia, Cordelia: stay a little. Ha? What is't thou sayst? — Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in women. — I killed the slave that was a-hanging thee . 270 [SECOND] CAPTAIN 'Tis true, my lords, he...

...everybody else to do the same. That is what is called sympathy." OSCAR WILDE, from "The Remarkable Rocket" "Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low; an excellent thing in women." SHAKESPEARE, from King Lear Men and women learn to pursue attention differently and expect...