This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... crown . That depth of spiritual responsibility is England's heritage , and among the nations she knows from long experience the accompanying weight of all crowns , personal or na- tional — or inter - national ; a weight she could not ...
... crown . That depth of spiritual responsibility is England's heritage , and among the nations she knows from long experience the accompanying weight of all crowns , personal or na- tional — or inter - national ; a weight she could not ...
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... crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty , Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an ...
... crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty , Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an ...
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... Crown func- tions as a principle of unity in Britain's empire , or , shall we say , among the Commonwealth of Nations it com- prises , so , I think , in the first support given by England and the United States of America to that well ...
... Crown func- tions as a principle of unity in Britain's empire , or , shall we say , among the Commonwealth of Nations it com- prises , so , I think , in the first support given by England and the United States of America to that well ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words