10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPOSSESSING»
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Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent And found him pight to do it with curst
speech, 65 I threaten'd to discover him ; he replied : ' Thou unpossessing bastard
! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1880
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A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare
UNPOSSESSING— UNRESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest
decoration" (Stebvens), vii. 596. unpossessing, having no possessions,
incapable of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. unpregnant, unready, inapt,
unable : This deed ...
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Pericles. The two noble kinsmen. Venus and Adonis. Lucrece. ...
UNPOSSESSING—-Ui\'RESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest
decoration" (Srasvsss), vii. 596. unpossessing, having no possessions, incapable
of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. unpregnant, unready, inapt, unable : This
deed ...
William Shakespeare, 1877
UNPOSSESSING— UNRESPECTED. 473 deprive his triumph of its noblest
decoration" (Stebvens), vii. 596. UnpOSSeSSing, having no possessions,
incapable of possessing or inheriting, vii. 276. Unpregnant, unready, inapt,
unable : This ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1877
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The Works of Shakespeare: King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with
curst speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him : he replied, " Thou unpossessing
bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any
trust, ...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1901
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
306. UNDISTINGUISH'D, indistinguishable, boundless; IV. vi. 283. UNKIND,
unnatural; I. i. 265; III. iv. 72. UNNUMRER'D, innumerable; IV. vi. 21.
UNPOSSESSING, landless; II. i. 69. UNPRIZED, not appreciated, or, perhaps,
priceless; I. i. 264.
William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson, Sir Israel Gollancz, 1909
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The Tragedy of King Lear
.When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with curst
speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him. He replied, ' Thou unpossessing bastard !
dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, virtue
, ...
William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson, Ebenezer Charlton Black, 1911
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Lear
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it, with
curst speech 65 I threaten'd to discover him : he replied, " Thou unpossessing
bastard ! dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any
trust, ...
William Shakespeare, 1905
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A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
Unpossessing. Incapable of inheriting land. Thou unpossessing bastard ! King
Lear, ii. 1. Unpregnant. Insensible; unmindful; unready. This deed unshapes me
quite, makes me unpregnunt, And dull to all proceedings. Measure for Measure,
iv.
Swynfen Jervis, Alexander Dyce, 1868
Edm. When I dissuaded him from his intent And found him pight to do it with curst
speech. 65 I threaten'd to discover him ; he replied : ' Thou unpossessing hastard
1 dost fehou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1908
