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... brutality is brutal . We are reminded how heinous a sin it is to murder and rob , or to wrong virgin , orphan , or widow : Who can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed , to rob a man , To force a spotless virgin's chastity ...
... brutality is brutal . We are reminded how heinous a sin it is to murder and rob , or to wrong virgin , orphan , or widow : Who can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed , to rob a man , To force a spotless virgin's chastity ...
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... brutal and all but absurd . The deformed and embittered Thersites watches two lords fighting during a battle , and cheers them on with bitter mockery . Elsewhere he comments : Lechery , lechery ; still , wars and lechery : nothing else ...
... brutal and all but absurd . The deformed and embittered Thersites watches two lords fighting during a battle , and cheers them on with bitter mockery . Elsewhere he comments : Lechery , lechery ; still , wars and lechery : nothing else ...
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... brutal assertion . I think Germany to - day glimpses , and reaches after , their quality , but with one , all - important , blind spot in her under- standing , from which the Shakespearian feeling for true , innate sovereignty alone can ...
... brutal assertion . I think Germany to - day glimpses , and reaches after , their quality , but with one , all - important , blind spot in her under- standing , from which the Shakespearian feeling for true , innate sovereignty alone can ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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