All 3 Uses of
tempest
in
King Lear
- Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel; Some friendship will it lend you 'gainst the tempest: Repose you there, whilst I to this hard house,— More harder than the stones whereof 'tis rais'd; Which even but now, demanding after you, Denied me to come in,—return, and force Their scanted courtesy.†
Scene 3.2
- When the mind's free, The body's delicate: the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there.†
Scene 3.4 *
- Pr'ythee go in thyself; seek thine own ease: This tempest will not give me leave to ponder On things would hurt me more.†
Scene 3.4
Definition:
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(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst