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Lear

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Lear  (lîr)
n.
The protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, based on a legendary king of Britain.
Lear, Edward 1812-1888.
British artist and writer of nonsense verse, included in such works as his first Book of Nonsense (1846).
Lear [lɪə]
n
(Biographies / Lear, Edward (1812-1888) M, English, WRITING: humorous writer, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Edward. 1812-88, English humorist and painter, noted for his illustrated nonsense poems and limericks
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Noun1.LearLear - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
Edward Lear
2.LearLear - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
King Lear


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But the more he listened to the fantasia of Ring Lear the further he felt from forming any definite opinion of it.
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King Lear folded his arms (to the imminent peril of his beard) and said, in a mild explanatory tone, "Ay, every inch a king
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That of King Lear, which is one of Shakespeare's great romantic historical plays, is, for instance, to be found in Geoffrey of Monmouth, in Wace's Brut, and in Layamon's Brut.
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