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... King's cause is just , answers , pithily , ' That's more than we know ' ( IV . i . 136 ) . The soldier's argu- ments are incisive . Left alone , the King meditates upon the intolerable burden laid on him : Upon the king ! let us our ...
... King's cause is just , answers , pithily , ' That's more than we know ' ( IV . i . 136 ) . The soldier's argu- ments are incisive . Left alone , the King meditates upon the intolerable burden laid on him : Upon the king ! let us our ...
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... ( King John , V. vii . 117. ) Such truth ' is the key to much in Shakespeare . When the battle of Agincourt is won , the King attributes the glory of it to God : King Henry : Exeter : King Henry : Fluellen : O God , thy arm was here ; And ...
... ( King John , V. vii . 117. ) Such truth ' is the key to much in Shakespeare . When the battle of Agincourt is won , the King attributes the glory of it to God : King Henry : Exeter : King Henry : Fluellen : O God , thy arm was here ; And ...
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... King's rejection , so Cranmer is excessively humble and rises , by the King's grace . Though the play seems at first merely to record certain known events , a most subtle treatment is all the time suggesting deeper and more perennially ...
... King's rejection , so Cranmer is excessively humble and rises , by the King's grace . Though the play seems at first merely to record certain known events , a most subtle treatment is all the time suggesting deeper and more perennially ...
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