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... heavenly pay A glorious angel : then , if angels fight , Weak men must fall , for heaven still guards the right . In Richard there is something for England both to admire o avoid . We need to catch something of his 6 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
... heavenly pay A glorious angel : then , if angels fight , Weak men must fall , for heaven still guards the right . In Richard there is something for England both to admire o avoid . We need to catch something of his 6 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
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... falls . But notice how , in his own soliloquy , his vas felt as certain , as determined by laws governing uman existence , as indeed half - willed by himself . ard cannot win : at the last his own soul is against him . ther in nations ...
... falls . But notice how , in his own soliloquy , his vas felt as certain , as determined by laws governing uman existence , as indeed half - willed by himself . ard cannot win : at the last his own soul is against him . ther in nations ...
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... fall , characterized by a serene religious acceptance . Now , though individuals fall , the King , and therefore England , rises . He grows in strength and confidence . A feeling for personal tragedy is , as formerly in King John , very ...
... fall , characterized by a serene religious acceptance . Now , though individuals fall , the King , and therefore England , rises . He grows in strength and confidence . A feeling for personal tragedy is , as formerly in King John , very ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words