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Flashcards in King Lear: Old Age Deck (6)
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1
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Thou should’st…

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Thou should’st not have been old til thou hadst been wise

2
Q

Pray you…

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Pray you now, forget and forgive, I am old and foolish

3
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To shake all cares…

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To shake all cares and business from our age, conferring them on younger strengths

4
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Wipe thine eyes…

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Wipe thine eyes; the good years shall devour them, flesh and fell, ere they shall make us weep

5
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Sir I am…

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Sir I am too old to learn

6
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I am a very foolish…

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I am a very foolish fond old man, four score and upward, not an hour more nor less and to deal plainly, I fear I am not in perfect mind