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... thee about , Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself , And gripple thee unto a pagan shore ; Where these two Christian armies might combine The blood of malice in a vein of league , And not to spend it so unneighbourly ! ( V. ii ...
... thee about , Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself , And gripple thee unto a pagan shore ; Where these two Christian armies might combine The blood of malice in a vein of league , And not to spend it so unneighbourly ! ( V. ii ...
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... thee , my earth , And do thee favour with my royal hands . Feed not thy sovereign's foe , my gentle earth , Nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sense ; But let thy spiders , that suck up thy venom , And heavy - gaited toads lie in ...
... thee , my earth , And do thee favour with my royal hands . Feed not thy sovereign's foe , my gentle earth , Nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sense ; But let thy spiders , that suck up thy venom , And heavy - gaited toads lie in ...
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... thee too ; and more than that I know thee I not desire to know . Follow thy drum ; With man's blood paint the ground , gules , gules ; Religious canons , civil laws are cruel ; Then what should war be ? ( IV . iii . 57. ) ' Drum ' is ...
... thee too ; and more than that I know thee I not desire to know . Follow thy drum ; With man's blood paint the ground , gules , gules ; Religious canons , civil laws are cruel ; Then what should war be ? ( IV . iii . 57. ) ' Drum ' is ...
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OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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