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... historical plays that nevertheless do not appear , on the surface , to hold precise contemporary meanings , you can feel in Cymbeline , through the often fanciful plot , a sense of England's destiny pushing through . In Henry VIII ...
... historical plays that nevertheless do not appear , on the surface , to hold precise contemporary meanings , you can feel in Cymbeline , through the often fanciful plot , a sense of England's destiny pushing through . In Henry VIII ...
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... historic sequence of tragic and bur- dened kingship and Falstaffian criticism work up to Henry V ) to a play explicitly asserting the importance of Great Britain's historic mission . Alone among the Histories Henry VIII is a play of ...
... historic sequence of tragic and bur- dened kingship and Falstaffian criticism work up to Henry V ) to a play explicitly asserting the importance of Great Britain's historic mission . Alone among the Histories Henry VIII is a play of ...
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... historic tradition and prophetic destiny , of which the Crown itself , and nothing else , is symbol . If Great ... historical plays are the various parties 92 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
... historic tradition and prophetic destiny , of which the Crown itself , and nothing else , is symbol . If Great ... historical plays are the various parties 92 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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