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Pieter Geyl. King John The two plays just mentioned , Richard II and King John , differ not a little . In King John the King behaves like a villain when he orders his little nephew to be killed and like a coward when he tries to throw ...
Pieter Geyl. King John The two plays just mentioned , Richard II and King John , differ not a little . In King John the King behaves like a villain when he orders his little nephew to be killed and like a coward when he tries to throw ...
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Pieter Geyl. King Richard II King Richard II is constructed upon the same antithesis as King John : kingship as a divine institution and the king as a hu- man being . If the play nevertheless shows sharp contrast with King John , which ...
Pieter Geyl. King Richard II King Richard II is constructed upon the same antithesis as King John : kingship as a divine institution and the king as a hu- man being . If the play nevertheless shows sharp contrast with King John , which ...
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... king ! my Jove ! I speak to thee , my heart ! K. Hen . V. I know thee not , old man : fall to thy prayers ; How ill ... king , too , casts on the conduct of the ripened man a most disagreeable light . And throughout King Henry V , when ...
... king ! my Jove ! I speak to thee , my heart ! K. Hen . V. I know thee not , old man : fall to thy prayers ; How ill ... king , too , casts on the conduct of the ripened man a most disagreeable light . And throughout King Henry V , when ...
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II | 51 |
FRENCH HISTORIANS FOR AND AGAINST THE REVOLUTION | 87 |
MOTLEY AND HIS RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC | 145 |
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