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... symbol is the Crown . In In Capitalism has a bad name to - day , and much of the mud flung at it is deserved . But not all . In two Shakespearian plays , The . Merchant of Venice and Timon of Athens , riches are a primary theme , and in ...
... symbol is the Crown . In In Capitalism has a bad name to - day , and much of the mud flung at it is deserved . But not all . In two Shakespearian plays , The . Merchant of Venice and Timon of Athens , riches are a primary theme , and in ...
Page 95
... symbol , and , being in essence an holistic conception , serves as the one bond of unity in an empire otherwise mainly composed of autonomous states . The Crown is , then , both heart and whole of the nation , or empire ; and therefore ...
... symbol , and , being in essence an holistic conception , serves as the one bond of unity in an empire otherwise mainly composed of autonomous states . The Crown is , then , both heart and whole of the nation , or empire ; and therefore ...
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... symbol , its roughness especially being used over and over again to impress on us a sense of man's turbulent existence , with a storm - tossed boat as a recur- rent symbol forman's buffeted soul . Naturally enough his last play but one ...
... symbol , its roughness especially being used over and over again to impress on us a sense of man's turbulent existence , with a storm - tossed boat as a recur- rent symbol forman's buffeted soul . Naturally enough his last play but one ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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