Note 175 — LECTURE VIII
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This difference, however, must not be pressed too far; nor must we take Kent's retort,
Now by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in vain,
for a sign of disbelief. He twice speaks of the gods in another manner (i. i. 185, iii. vi. 5), and he was accustomed to think of Lear in his 'prayers' (i. i. 144).