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...LEAR, King of Britain KING OF FRANCE DUKE OF BURGUNDY DUKE OF CORNWALL DUKE OF ALBANY EARL OF KENT EARL OF GLOUCESTER EDGAR: Son to Gloucester. EDMUND: bastard son to Gloucester. CURAN: a courtier. Old Man: tenant to Gloucester. Doctor Fool OSWALD: Steward to Goneril. A...

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... DRAMATIS PERSONAE LEAR, King of Britain KING OF FRANCE DUKE OF BURGUNDY DUKE OF CORNWALL DUKE OF ALBANY EARL OF KENT EARL OF GLOUCESTER ED... ... dowers, that future strife May be prevented now. The princes, France and Burgundy, Great rivals in our youngest daughter’s love, Long in our court h... ...h the last, not least; to whose young love The vines of France and milk of Burgundy Strive to be interess’d; what can you say to draw A third more opu... ...here I give 10 Her father’s heart from her! Call France; who stirs? Call Burgundy. Cornwall and Albany, With my two daughters’ dowers digest this t... ...country new. [Exit.] [Flourish. Re enter GLOUCESTER, with KING OF FRANCE, BURGUNDY, and Attendants.] GLOUCESTER: Here’s France and Burgundy, my nob... ...e of heaven: one that slept in the contriving of lust, and waked to do it: wine loved I deeply, dice dearly: and in woman out paramoured the Turk: f...

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...y dust with her own hands over the body, and poured forth the libations of wine that formed an essential part of the ceremony. She was seized by the g... ... which was then most valuable to all, a little meal and a small measure of wine. Still, the condition of the Capitol was lamentable; there was no cert... ...quet with everything that could delight his senses, delicious food, costly wine, flowers, perfumes, music; but with a sword with the point almost touc... ...oined in riotous processions, carrying ivy in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine, and offered incense to the idols; and the worst of all these was the ... ...driven into their fortified camp at Alesia, now called Alise [footnote: In Burgundy, between Semur and Dijon.], a city standing on a high hill, with t... ... through which was conducted the stream of spices and saf- fron, boiled in wine, that the perfume might overpower the scent of slaughter below. Wild b...

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...h soever we may be in love with an excellent surloin of beef, or bottle of Burgundy; with a damask rose, or Cremona fiddle; yet do we never simile, no... ...llworthy was not to be so neglected, especially as he called for a pint of wine to be mulled. She immediately obeyed, by putting the same quantity of ... ... perry to the fire; for this readily answered to the name of every kind of wine. The Irish footman was retired to bed, and the post boy was going to... ...as going to follow; but Partridge invited him to stay and par take of his wine, which the lad very thankfully accepted. The schoolmaster was indeed a... ...Yes, madam,” cries the mistress of the house, “I have some excellent white wine.”—”You have no sack, then?” says the lady. “Yes, an’t please your hono... ...efore; which had, in the morning, received the addition of above a pint of wine, or indeed rather of malt spirits; for the perry was by no means pure....

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...that they signified hesi- tation between the excellent library and capital wine-cellar of Patterne Hall, together with the society of that promising y... ...“Love it?” a little enthusiasm would have wafted her into space fierily as wine; but the sober, “In the sense of serving it”, entered her brain, and w... ...English gentleman; horses, dogs, game, sport, intrigue, scandal, politics, wines, the manly themes; with a condescension to ladies’ tattle, and approb... ...he learned something, by which he was to profit subsequently. The topic of wine withdrew the doctor from his classics; it was magical on him. A strong... ...f taste was discovered in the sentiments of host and guest upon particular wines and vintages; they kindled one an- other by naming great years of the... ...ls like the Idaean Three. Were they rivals, a fourth would challenge them. Burgundy has great genius. It does wonders within its period; it does all e... ...iod; it does all except to keep up in the race; it is short-lived. An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks t... ...rdless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks the sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode. Or put it, that Port is the Homeric hexame... ...ndy sings the inspired Ode. Or put it, that Port is the Homeric hexameter, Burgundy the pindaric dithyramb. What do you say?” “The comparison is excel...

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... with a friend whose suit is likewise embroidered, but stained by time, or wine mayhap, or wear. A little deformed gentleman in iron- gray is reading ... ...Glory no Mockery? Psha! I am sick of Success, palled of Pleasure, weary of Wine and Wit, and— nay, start not, my Adelaide—and W oman. I fling away all... ...iant they were in the field of battle. The Emperor always asked me to take wine with him, and was full of kind- ness and attention. “I like Eugene,” h... ...ghtly promise nor miss his aim. Since the fatal day when the Grand Duke of Burgundy gave his famous passage of arms at Nantes, and all the nobles of F... ... Tale. Phansy a coun- try through whose werdant planes the selvery Garonne wines, like—like a benevvolent sarpent. In its plasid busum antient cassles... ...affability, was ready to receive them. “Then you might have a touch at the wine-merchant and purveyor. ‘Where did you get this delicious claret, or pa...

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... voted; he refused to pay a tax to the State; he ate no flesh, he drank no wine, he never knew the use of tobacco and, though a naturalist, he used ne... ...his palate so unsophisticated that, like a child, he disliked the taste of wine – or perhaps, living in America, had never tasted any that was good; a... ...before. Such public sentiment as they had centred about their dear Duke of Burgundy, and the dear Duke had no more urgent business than to keep out of... ...o a piece of pastry in a cookshop window; he will drink the rinsing of the wine cup, stay the latest at the tavern party; tap at the lit windows, foll... ...n, we may suppose, with white Baigneux or red Beaune, which were favourite wines among the fellowship, Tabary was solemnly sworn over to secrecy on th... ...wine, or ringing money; and his route would be traceable across France and Burgundy by house- wives and inn-keepers lamenting over petty thefts, like ... ... The great rivalry between Louis of Orleans and John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, had been forsworn with the most reverend solemnities. But the feu... ...ost reverend solemnities. But the feud was only in abey- ance, and John of Burgundy still conspired in secret. On November 23, 1407 – in that black wi... ... so riding, he was beset by the bravoes of his enemy and slain. My lord of Burgundy set an ill precedent in this deed, as he found some years after on...

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...er to my house for a sleepover. We were make believe princesses, who drank wine from empty glasses. By now I should have learned that pretending was s... ...tending was safe, but the temptation was too strong. I found the bottle of wine in the kitchen; and somehow I managed to open it to treat my girlfrien... ...naged to open it to treat my girlfriend and me to a generous amount of dry burgundy. I did not like it, but she did. After tossing down two glasses of... ...urgundy. I did not like it, but she did. After tossing down two glasses of wine, my eight-year-old girlfriend became drunk and sick. She missed two da...

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...d say. He sings the praises of the earth and the arts, flowers and jewels, wine and music, in a moonlight, serenading manner, as to the light guitar; ... ... passed that corner; and since in those days I loved a ship as a man loves Burgundy or daybreak, this of itself had been enough to hallow it. But ther... ...e passions and diseases waste and slay us – to compete with the flavour of wine, the beauty of the dawn, the scorching of fire, the bitterness of deat...

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...She went to an old bookcase and picked up a religious tract on hell and damnation. Wine and liquor bottles littered the floor, and a statue of Aphro... ...ith a slur in his voice, said to Hannah, “Some creamed potatoes and fried chicken. Wine, too.” Hannah clutched at her mid-section, looking queasy... ...o eighty dollars, I believe. Mr. Green said he bought the most expensive bottle of wine he could find on the black market. It being Sunday no liquo... ...n and it was called the front room. Bowing politely to the two people sitting in burgundy leather chairs, he secured his campaign hat under his l... ...ed sardonically. “He’s probably waiting for you to figure it out.” Taking a sip of wine, she said, “Hannah didn’t do it. What else did he say?” “Y... ...o ask that I re-evaluate who my friends are.” “How dare they,” he said, taking the wine bottle from the cooler and pouring. “Maybe it was Clay loc... ... to give aid and comfort.” He swallowed dove and rice and chased it with the white Burgundy. “Now give. You’ve discovered something.” What coul...

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...open 10 Essays: Book III way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love. Philippides, in my opinion, answered King Lysimachus very di... ...he battles fought under sacred Ilium; but what to give for a cask of Chian wine, who shall prepare the warm bath, and in whose house, and when I may e... ...saved both himself and others in the city of Liege, into which the Duke of Burgundy, who kept it be- sieged, had made him enter to execute the article... ...ere most retired. A young man should be whipped who pretends to a taste in wine and sauces; there was nothing which, at that age, I less valued or kne... ...des attribut- ing it to a divine ecstasy, love, martial fierceness, poesy, wine, they have not also attributed a part to health: a boiling, vig- orous... ... Absentem marmoreamve putes:” [“As if they are preparing frankincense and wine … you might think her absent or marble.”—Martial, xi. 103, 12, and 59,... ...tations have ridiculous springs and causes: what ruin did our last Duke of Burgundy run into about a cartload of sheepskins! And was not the graving o...

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...g my letters. As for Falconer, our only encounter will be over a bottle of Burgundy; so make yourself perfectly easy on his score.” Lady Bothwell coul... ...ly required his sup- port, into the apartment from whence they came, where wine, essences, and other means of restoring suspended animation, had been ...

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... lunch. Probably, goat cheese, crusted bread, fresh fruit, and a glass of red wine. Antonio started up the steps just as his father saw him. "Anton... ... Antonio left the room and found his father on the front porch finishing his wine and cheese. "What do the doctors say, Papa?" "Doctors! What do ... ...onio entered the crowded cafe, late diners feasted on their favorite food and wine. They ate and talked while wildly waving their hands and arms, whi... ...arious chairs reading the daily newspaper. Others slouched and snored on soft burgundy, velvet sofas. "It's private," Antonio said and walked closer... ...turned to Antonio. "Antonio would you offer our friend of a glass of Sacristy wine." "Sacristy wine, Your Holiness?" Antonio said sounding shocked ... ...ne, Your Holiness?" Antonio said sounding shocked at the suggestion. Sacristy wine was to be used solely during the saying of the Holy Mass. "It se... ...ichael Brand walked through the door dressed in a dark blue Armani suit and a burgundy tie. Marion was impressed. Walter just thought he looked over ... ...i walked through the room as if he owned it, and finally sat in a large, soft burgundy chair. The old man sat down opposite him, while Antonio stood... ... to be careful. Think before you speak he cautioned himself. Slouching onto a burgundy leather chair, "Make it bourbon, Uncle," he said crossing his...

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... though screw-presses set between two upright beams had been used to make wine, cheese, linen, and paper in Europe since the first century AD. Many ... ...ms must have been more challenging for him than how to adapt that ancient wine process to press inked letters onto paper. After all, to create h... ...r the household of Margaret of York, the king‘s sister and the duchess of Burgundy. With her as his patron, Caxton translated his own copy of The Re...

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... at a cost of thirty francs. But when every peasant’s hut and every little wine-shop for twenty leagues round was papered with these legends, a fresh ... ...gaffers.” “And do you live by looking at his wife?” From the region of the wineshop, or from the door of the printing office, where these bickerings t... ... in the law courts to burst upon David’s head. “Here am I with one foot in Burgundy and the other in Champagne,” he added to himself as he closed the ... ...bed without a nightcap, consisting of a couple of bottles of excellent old wine, which he “tippled down” of an evening, to use his own expression. “No... ...on as you can.” “There! drink,” said old Sechard, putting down a bottle of wine, a loaf, and the cold remains of the dinner. “You will need your stren... ...Mme. Courtois,” said he, “if, as I do not doubt, you have a bottle of good wine somewhere in the cellar, and a fat eel in your fish-pond, put them bef...

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...andry will, in different years, produce very different quantities of corn, wine, 54 The Wealth of Nations oil, hops, etc. But the same number of spin... ..., or well-known branch of business. He is a corn merchant this year, and a wine merchant the next, and a sugar, tobacco, or tea merchant the year afte... ...le, will, in different years, produce very differ- ent quantities of corn, wine, hops, sugar tobacco, etc. The price of such commodities, therefore, v... ... maxim in the ancient agriculture, as it is in the modern, through all the wine countries. But whether it was advantageous to plant a new vineyard, wa... ...t. The same point is frequently at this day a matter of controversy in the wine countries. Their writers on agriculture, indeed, the lovers and pro- m... ... than in the wine provinces, where the land is fit for producing it: as in Burgundy, Guienne, and the Upper Languedoc. The numerous hands employed in ... ...rtation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scot- land? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turni...

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...o his face. He was a great favourite with the ladies, who crammed him with wine, confectioneries, and dainty dishes at the dinners, suppers, and merry... ...g condition. You may be sure that he sung his mat- ins on the steps of the wine-cellar, and said his vespers in the vineyards of Lord. He was as fond ... ...worried his feet, his body, and his arms like real torturers, poured white wine into his goblet for wa- ter, in order to fuddle him, and the better to... ...aved the charter over his head. The men-at-arms were regaled with the best wine in the cellars, which was a present made to the monks of T urpenay by ... ...tarnay. He had a suspicion of the first flight of his son the Dauphin into Burgundy, and wished to deprive him of so good a counsellor as was the said... ... father in his life, and resolved to take his son with him to the Court of Burgundy, where Duke Charles promised to make for this well-beloved son a p... ... to sleep in T ouraine; and for greater security, they were conducted into Burgundy, by de Bastarnay’s officers. He informed his wife of their departu... ...ven her a hundred crowns, and found employment for the man at the Court of Burgundy. Bertha was astonished to learn that her maid had left the castle ... ...alloping about the courtyard on a fine Spanish barb, which Duke Charles of Burgundy had presented to Bastarnay. And because young lads like to show of...