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... blood right well resembles ; The other his pale cheeks , methinks , presenteth ; Wither one rose , and let the other flourish ; If you contend , a thousand lives must wither . ( II . v . 94. ) ' The red rose and the white are on his ...
... blood right well resembles ; The other his pale cheeks , methinks , presenteth ; Wither one rose , and let the other flourish ; If you contend , a thousand lives must wither . ( II . v . 94. ) ' The red rose and the white are on his ...
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... blood . And yet we are continually pointed back to the unnaturalness of cruelty . The paradox is left un- resolved . With such analogies the dramatic presentation of civil war is over and over again loaded . It indeed , interesting to ...
... blood . And yet we are continually pointed back to the unnaturalness of cruelty . The paradox is left un- resolved . With such analogies the dramatic presentation of civil war is over and over again loaded . It indeed , interesting to ...
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... blood is settled in his face . Oft have I seen a timely - parted ghost , Of ashy semblance , meagre , pale , and bloodless , Being all descended to the labouring heart ; Who , in the conflict that it holds with death , Attracts the same ...
... blood is settled in his face . Oft have I seen a timely - parted ghost , Of ashy semblance , meagre , pale , and bloodless , Being all descended to the labouring heart ; Who , in the conflict that it holds with death , Attracts the same ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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