This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... ( d ) What England stands for . Notice all the way through Shakespeare's vivid feeling for essential royalty : it is something we have temporarily lost but must regain . II ( a ) What England is e is Shakespeare's 2 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
... ( d ) What England stands for . Notice all the way through Shakespeare's vivid feeling for essential royalty : it is something we have temporarily lost but must regain . II ( a ) What England is e is Shakespeare's 2 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
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... feeling for soldiership , as in thes lines from Othello : O ! now , for ever Farewell the tranquil mind ; farewell content ! Farewell the pluméd troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue ! O , farewell ! Farewell the neighing ...
... feeling for soldiership , as in thes lines from Othello : O ! now , for ever Farewell the tranquil mind ; farewell content ! Farewell the pluméd troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue ! O , farewell ! Farewell the neighing ...
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... feeling for personal tragedy is , as formerly in King John , very skillfully enwoven with a sense of national advance . The play is deeply imbued with both national and religious reverence , its massive design grand and solemn as a ...
... feeling for personal tragedy is , as formerly in King John , very skillfully enwoven with a sense of national advance . The play is deeply imbued with both national and religious reverence , its massive design grand and solemn as a ...
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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