...himself has known. He does not shy away from the most difficult facts, but instead confronts them: Get thee glass eyes, And like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. (4.6.170-72) There is the virtue of honesty in physical blindness, a virtue ironically missing in the...

...deception and mortality are made clear to him. He can now see Cordelia in the role of victim as he states: 'Take that of me, my friend, who have the power / To seal th'accuser's lips" (4.5.16162). Lear's awareness of his own guilt expresses itself in his madness and...

...gold. And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. None does offend, none - I say none; I'll able 'em....that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th'accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes, And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou...

...gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. None does offend, none - I say none! I'll able 'em....that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou...

...gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. None does offend, none, I say none. I'll able 'em....that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th'accuser's lips"0 (History, 20. 146-8; Tragedy, 4. 5. 147-66) — lines on justice while also very...

...watchers and listeners everywhere, ready to twist some innocent remark into sedition against the State. 'Get thee glass eyes and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not.' This added hugely to Walsingham's work-load, sifting out genuine intelligence from reams of malicious...

...lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. None does otfend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em; Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou...

...(1564-1616) British dramatist, poet. Second Officer, in Coriolanus, act 2, sc. 2, 1. 7-8 (1 623). 14 Get thee glass eyes, And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616) British dramatist, poet. Lear, in King Lear, act 4, sc. 5, I. 166-8(1623)....

...justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. None does offend, none, I say; I'll able 'em: Take that of me, my friend, who have the power To seal th' accuser's lips. (4.6.165-69) These lines are consistent with the rest of the scene and expand the...

...crown of weeds will protect the adulteress ( John 8:3-11) by daring sinners to throw the first stone. "Take that of me, my friend, who have the power / To seal th' accuser's lips." But his next words come dangerously close to being a critique of his own performance...