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... Christian tradition ; but to what lukewarm conventionality , half- belief , and impotence had that tradition fallen ... Christ ? To - day a positive and personal imitation of I do not say allegiance to Christ will lead , as often as not ...
... Christian tradition ; but to what lukewarm conventionality , half- belief , and impotence had that tradition fallen ... Christ ? To - day a positive and personal imitation of I do not say allegiance to Christ will lead , as often as not ...
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... Christian armies might combine The blood of malice in a vein of league , And not to spend it so unneighbourly ! ( V. ii . 33. ) Shakespeare knows , well enough , the un - Christian nature of war , and the confusion is at last ended by ...
... Christian armies might combine The blood of malice in a vein of league , And not to spend it so unneighbourly ! ( V. ii . 33. ) Shakespeare knows , well enough , the un - Christian nature of war , and the confusion is at last ended by ...
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... Christian king ; Under whose grace our passion is as subject As are our wretches fetter'd in our prisons . ( I. ii . 241. ) You can see how carefully Shakespeare is labouring to create in Henry a blend of Christian faith and martial ...
... Christian king ; Under whose grace our passion is as subject As are our wretches fetter'd in our prisons . ( I. ii . 241. ) You can see how carefully Shakespeare is labouring to create in Henry a blend of Christian faith and martial ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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