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... faith , though powerful and sincere , remains wholly pagan . Germany appears deliberately to have fostered and used the beast within man , while dark presences , like the Weird Women in Shakespeare's Macbeth , have attended the ...
... faith , though powerful and sincere , remains wholly pagan . Germany appears deliberately to have fostered and used the beast within man , while dark presences , like the Weird Women in Shakespeare's Macbeth , have attended the ...
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... faith , to return to King John , is not lightly held ; for he speaks earlier what is as trenchant a criticism of inter- national bargaining as you will anywhere find , England being one of the parties criticised . The passage is ...
... faith , to return to King John , is not lightly held ; for he speaks earlier what is as trenchant a criticism of inter- national bargaining as you will anywhere find , England being one of the parties criticised . The passage is ...
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... faith , That daily break - vow , he that wins of all , Of kings , of beggars , old men , young men , maids , Who , having no external thing to lose But the word ' maid ' , cheats the poor maid of that , That smooth - faced gentleman ...
... faith , That daily break - vow , he that wins of all , Of kings , of beggars , old men , young men , maids , Who , having no external thing to lose But the word ' maid ' , cheats the poor maid of that , That smooth - faced gentleman ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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