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... follow are all , good or bad , dedicated men ; in a wider sense , the plays are dedi- cated plays - expressions of the poet's mind at grips with the problem of human discord and willing the mastery of its horrors . Wh III SAINT GEORGE ...
... follow are all , good or bad , dedicated men ; in a wider sense , the plays are dedi- cated plays - expressions of the poet's mind at grips with the problem of human discord and willing the mastery of its horrors . Wh III SAINT GEORGE ...
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... follow . For what is he they follow ? truly , gentlemen , A bloody tyrant and a homicide ; One rais'd in blood , and one in blood establish'd ; One that made means to come by what he hath , And slaughter'd those that were the means to ...
... follow . For what is he they follow ? truly , gentlemen , A bloody tyrant and a homicide ; One rais'd in blood , and one in blood establish'd ; One that made means to come by what he hath , And slaughter'd those that were the means to ...
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... follows ; each thing meets In mere oppugnancy : the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores , And make a sop of all this solid globe : Strength should be lord of imbecility , And the rude son should strike his ...
... follows ; each thing meets In mere oppugnancy : the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores , And make a sop of all this solid globe : Strength should be lord of imbecility , And the rude son should strike his ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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