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3. “I loved her most, and thought to set my rest
On her kind nursery”
These words are said by King Lear to the Earl of Kent when he
advised the king to stop cursing Cordelia. It occurs in the
opening scene of King Lear by William Shakespeare.
The king angrily asks Kent not to come between the dragon
and his wrath. Then the king sadly recalls that he loved
Cordelia most and wished to spend his last days in the loving
care of his youngest daughter. But she does not express her
love to him as he had expected from her. In his foolishness the
king thinks that she is defiant and cruel to him. The infuriated
king asked Kent to get out of his sight and the courtiers are
horrified at this.
