This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... mercy , if you report him truly . MENENIUS : I paint him in the character . Mark what mercy his mother shall bring from him : there is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger ; that shall our poor city find . This may be ...
... mercy , if you report him truly . MENENIUS : I paint him in the character . Mark what mercy his mother shall bring from him : there is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger ; that shall our poor city find . This may be ...
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... mercy ; the quality our enemies in the present conflict rate as weakness . owever , Coriolanus , hard as he may try , cannot live o the end his self - appointed and inhuman purpose . all Shakespeare's heroes , he is forced back on him ...
... mercy ; the quality our enemies in the present conflict rate as weakness . owever , Coriolanus , hard as he may try , cannot live o the end his self - appointed and inhuman purpose . all Shakespeare's heroes , he is forced back on him ...
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... mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself , And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though justice be thy plea ...
... mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself , And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though justice be thy plea ...
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