[20] See the subsequent Dissertation on the Gesta Romanorum.
[KING LEAR.]
ACT I.
Scene 1. Page 11.
Cor. ... I am sure, my love's
More richer than my tongue.
Dr. Warburton would have it their tongue, meaning her sisters', which would be very good sense. Dr. Johnson is content with the present reading, but gives no explanation. Cordelia means to say, "My love is greater than my powers of language can express." In like manner she soon afterwards says, "I cannot heave my heart into my mouth."
Scene 1. Page 12.
Lear. Nothing can come of nothing.