The Olive and the Sword: A Study of England's Shakespeare |
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... John , a good play to start with , Shakespeare studies that important reign during which England is felt groping towards independence . The nation's relationship to the continent , and especially the Church of Rome , is subtly presented ...
... John , a good play to start with , Shakespeare studies that important reign during which England is felt groping towards independence . The nation's relationship to the continent , and especially the Church of Rome , is subtly presented ...
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... John and John of Gaunt's prophecy in Richard II : You sad - fac❜d men , people and sons of Rome , By uproar sever'd , like a flight of fowl Scatter'd by winds and high tempestuous gusts , O ! let me teach you how to knit again This ...
... John and John of Gaunt's prophecy in Richard II : You sad - fac❜d men , people and sons of Rome , By uproar sever'd , like a flight of fowl Scatter'd by winds and high tempestuous gusts , O ! let me teach you how to knit again This ...
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... John ; and we must , I fear , again delay our advance to indulge in short retrospective notice of that play before proceeding further . In King John we have a somewhat untidy story , which can only be understood as an artistic unit if ...
... John ; and we must , I fear , again delay our advance to indulge in short retrospective notice of that play before proceeding further . In King John we have a somewhat untidy story , which can only be understood as an artistic unit if ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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