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... returned to England , Richard is told , has been foster- ing his nestlings , who , looking to him for leadership , tell him of King Richard's misrule.42 The eagle has also been winning the friendship of the horse ( Arundel ) , his colt ...
... returned to England , Richard is told , has been foster- ing his nestlings , who , looking to him for leadership , tell him of King Richard's misrule.42 The eagle has also been winning the friendship of the horse ( Arundel ) , his colt ...
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... returned kindness for kindness , and others which Pliny vouches for . " 86 Thomas Wilson , in his Arte of Rhetorique ( 1553 ) , defines a " Similitude " as " a likenesse when two things , or more then two , are so compared and resembled ...
... returned kindness for kindness , and others which Pliny vouches for . " 86 Thomas Wilson , in his Arte of Rhetorique ( 1553 ) , defines a " Similitude " as " a likenesse when two things , or more then two , are so compared and resembled ...
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... Returning to one's folly is compared to a dog's returning to his vomit325 and to a sow's returning to her wallowing in the mire.326 The unrighteousness of wicked men is said to increase with age as does the crookedness of the eagle's ...
... Returning to one's folly is compared to a dog's returning to his vomit325 and to a sow's returning to her wallowing in the mire.326 The unrighteousness of wicked men is said to increase with age as does the crookedness of the eagle's ...
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