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... crown he looks for live in peace , Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers ' sons Shall ill become the flower of ... crown , from height of a new tragic dignity , he denounces traitorous rebellion in scorching words , branding that heinous ...
... crown he looks for live in peace , Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers ' sons Shall ill become the flower of ... crown , from height of a new tragic dignity , he denounces traitorous rebellion in scorching words , branding that heinous ...
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... Crown is itself a symbol , and , being in essence an holistic conception , serves as the one bond of unity in an empire otherwise mainly composed of autonomous states . The Crown is , then , both heart and whole of the nation , or ...
... Crown is itself a symbol , and , being in essence an holistic conception , serves as the one bond of unity in an empire otherwise mainly composed of autonomous states . The Crown is , then , both heart and whole of the nation , or ...
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... Crown , need necessarily possess those meanings I attribute to them , nor exert those compulsions I urge . No - they need not . Poetic percep- tion , like religious faith , is no passive acquiescence , but rather an active co ...
... Crown , need necessarily possess those meanings I attribute to them , nor exert those compulsions I urge . No - they need not . Poetic percep- tion , like religious faith , is no passive acquiescence , but rather an active co ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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