(Encyclopedia) Chambers, William, 1800–1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802–71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which…
(Encyclopedia) Carstares or Carstairs, William, 1649–1715, Scottish statesman and Presbyterian divine. While studying theology at Utrecht, he became a friend of William of Orange (later William III…
(Encyclopedia) William, count of Holland, 1227?–1256, German king (1254–56), previously rival king (1247–54) to Conrad IV. William was chosen by Pope Innocent IV to succeed Henry Raspe (d. 1247) as…
(Encyclopedia) Windham, WilliamWindham, Williamwĭnˈdəm [key], 1750–1810, British politician. Elected to Parliament in 1784, he was a friend of Edmund Burke, whom he assisted in the impeachment of…
Scene VGloucester's castleEnter Cornwall and EdmundCornwallI will have my revenge ere I depart his house.EdmundHow, my lord, I may be censured, that nature thus gives way to loyalty,…
(Encyclopedia) William the Lion, 1143–1214, king of Scotland (1165–1214), brother and successor of Malcolm IV. Determined to recover Northumbria (lost to England in 1157), he supported the rebellion…
Scene VThe French campEnter Lewis and his trainLewisThe sun of heaven methought was loath to set,
But stay'd and made the western welkin blush,
When English measure backward their own ground…
Scene IVA hall in the sameEnter Kent, disguisedKentIf but as well I other accents borrow,
That can my speech defuse, my good intent
May carry through itself to that full issue
For which I…
Scene IVBefore Gloucester's castle. Kent in the stocksEnter King Lear, Fool, and GentlemanKing Lear'Tis strange that they should so depart from home,
And not send back my messenger.…
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