Goneril

• Take the very worst view of that case; admit that his Goneril was, indeed, a Goneril; how fortunate to be at last rid of this Goneril, both by nature and by law? —  The Confidence-Man
• And Regan advised him to go home again with Goneril, and live with her peaceably, dismissing half of his attendants, and to ask her forgiveness; for he was old and wanted discretion, and must be ruled and led by persons that had more discretion than himself. —  Tales from Shakespeare
• He came in with the air of one prepared to encounter opposition Mees Goneril," he said, "will you come out on the terrace?--before it is too late," he added, with a savage glance at Miss Prunty Yes," said Goneril, and they went out together So the cousin did not come?" —  Tales from Many Sources Vol. V
• Who has left her She must have been alone Goneril Where is Gormflaith Merryn Mercy o' mercies, everybody asks me For Gormflaith, then for Gormflaith, then for Gormflaith And I ask everybody else for her But she is nowhere, and the King will foam Send me no more; I am old with running about After a bodiless name Goneril She has been here And she has left the Queen. —  Georgian Poetry 1913-15
• Goneril, the eldest, knowing well her father's weakness, made answer that she loved him "above her soul." —  The Age of Fable

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