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... fall , for heaven still guards the right . ( III . ii . 36. ) We can rely too confidently on Heaven's guardian might . Richard does so ; and we should consider carefully the opposition Shake- speare draws of confidence and disillusion ...
... fall , for heaven still guards the right . ( III . ii . 36. ) We can rely too confidently on Heaven's guardian might . Richard does so ; and we should consider carefully the opposition Shake- speare draws of confidence and disillusion ...
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... fall back on semi - mystic excuses of tragic philosophy - in which he bears some resemblance to the Duke in Measure for Measure - for his , and his army's , failure . He is answered by Ulysses with a long speech on order . * Ulysses ...
... fall back on semi - mystic excuses of tragic philosophy - in which he bears some resemblance to the Duke in Measure for Measure - for his , and his army's , failure . He is answered by Ulysses with a long speech on order . * Ulysses ...
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... falls of Buckingham , Wolsey , and Queen Katharine . They are all haughty people in the extreme , but , at their fall , characterised by acceptance and a sense of being , as Buckingham says of himself , ' half in heaven ' . I quote Buck ...
... falls of Buckingham , Wolsey , and Queen Katharine . They are all haughty people in the extreme , but , at their fall , characterised by acceptance and a sense of being , as Buckingham says of himself , ' half in heaven ' . I quote Buck ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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