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... mother , to honour , not Rome , but ' honour ' itself , to be a veritable superman of a soldier . Both Coriolanus and Volumnia sin through pride and excessive concen- tration on an ambition which , if allowed to become an end in itself ...
... mother , to honour , not Rome , but ' honour ' itself , to be a veritable superman of a soldier . Both Coriolanus and Volumnia sin through pride and excessive concen- tration on an ambition which , if allowed to become an end in itself ...
Page 63
... mother dearly . Menenius : So did he me ; and he no more remembers his mother now than an eight - year - old horse . The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes when he walks , he moves like an engine , and the ground shrinks before his ...
... mother dearly . Menenius : So did he me ; and he no more remembers his mother now than an eight - year - old horse . The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes when he walks , he moves like an engine , and the ground shrinks before his ...
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... mother , mother ! What have done ? Behold ! the heavens do ope , you The gods look down , and this unnatural scene They laugh at . O my mother ! mother ! O ! You have won a happy victory to Rome ; But , for your son , believe it , O ...
... mother , mother ! What have done ? Behold ! the heavens do ope , you The gods look down , and this unnatural scene They laugh at . O my mother ! mother ! O ! You have won a happy victory to Rome ; But , for your son , believe it , O ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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