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... close of civil butchery , Shall now , in mutual well - beseeming ranks , March all one way , and be no more oppos'd Against acquaintance , kindred , and allies : The edge of war , like an ill - sheathed knife , No more shall cut his ...
... close of civil butchery , Shall now , in mutual well - beseeming ranks , March all one way , and be no more oppos'd Against acquaintance , kindred , and allies : The edge of war , like an ill - sheathed knife , No more shall cut his ...
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... close , Like music . ( I. ii . 180. ) The uncannily precise social ordering of the life of bees , the ' sing- ing masons building roofs of gold ' , is introduced as an analogy , wherein different tasks are appointed to different ...
... close , Like music . ( I. ii . 180. ) The uncannily precise social ordering of the life of bees , the ' sing- ing masons building roofs of gold ' , is introduced as an analogy , wherein different tasks are appointed to different ...
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... close impossibilities , And mak'st them kiss ! that speak'st with every tongue , To every purpose ! O thou touch of hearts ! Think , thy slave man rebels , and by thy virtue Set them into confounding odds , that beasts May have the ...
... close impossibilities , And mak'st them kiss ! that speak'st with every tongue , To every purpose ! O thou touch of hearts ! Think , thy slave man rebels , and by thy virtue Set them into confounding odds , that beasts May have the ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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