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... royal throne of kings , this scepter'd isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars , This other Eden , demi - paradise ; This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men ...
... royal throne of kings , this scepter'd isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars , This other Eden , demi - paradise ; This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men ...
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... royal splendour so weighty throughout the poetry here , blend naturally into Shakespeare's general feeling elsewhere for England's , which is now also Scot- land's , undying sovereignty : Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo ; down ...
... royal splendour so weighty throughout the poetry here , blend naturally into Shakespeare's general feeling elsewhere for England's , which is now also Scot- land's , undying sovereignty : Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo ; down ...
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... royal child , Elizabeth . The divorce of Katharine is therefore dramatically justified . In thus laying the full weight of prophetic emphasis on a child Shakespeare obeys a fundamental law of the human imagina- tion with analogies in ...
... royal child , Elizabeth . The divorce of Katharine is therefore dramatically justified . In thus laying the full weight of prophetic emphasis on a child Shakespeare obeys a fundamental law of the human imagina- tion with analogies in ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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