# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

King Lear
[III, 4]

Lear

1946

First let me talk with this philosopher.
What is the cause of thunder?

2

King Lear
[III, 4]

Lear

1965

O, cry you mercy, sir.
Noble philosopher, your company.

3

King Lear
[III, 4]

Lear

1971

With him!
I will keep still with my philosopher.