Wednesday, December 01, 2021

 

This Dear, Dear Land

William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 1, lines 57-60:
This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now leased out — I die pronouncing it —
Like to a tenement or pelting farm.
pelting = paltry, petty

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 8:07 AM


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