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... Italy and Germany , get down to business with the thoughtless energies of a Laertes or a For- tinbras . The play's action is given a war - like setting and these two soliloquies are occasioned directly by thoughts of war , its horrors ...
... Italy and Germany , get down to business with the thoughtless energies of a Laertes or a For- tinbras . The play's action is given a war - like setting and these two soliloquies are occasioned directly by thoughts of war , its horrors ...
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... whose oracular manner recalls Lyly's Endimion . The Romans are fighting the British for the tribute King Cymbeline has neglected to pay . Though Iachimo , slight thing of Italy ' , is to be felt as a 74 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
... whose oracular manner recalls Lyly's Endimion . The Romans are fighting the British for the tribute King Cymbeline has neglected to pay . Though Iachimo , slight thing of Italy ' , is to be felt as a 74 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
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A Study of England's Shakespeare George Wilson Knight. of Italy ' , is to be felt as a Renaissance creature of contemporary , Machiavellian , intrigue , the Roman army and ' imperial Caesar are of the ancient world . The use of ...
A Study of England's Shakespeare George Wilson Knight. of Italy ' , is to be felt as a Renaissance creature of contemporary , Machiavellian , intrigue , the Roman army and ' imperial Caesar are of the ancient world . The use of ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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