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... spirit of freedom . The reign of Henry II . was also the time when the Germans gathered fragments of romance into their great national epic of the Nibelungen . It was at the close of the same period that the Spaniards poured out their ...
... spirit of freedom . The reign of Henry II . was also the time when the Germans gathered fragments of romance into their great national epic of the Nibelungen . It was at the close of the same period that the Spaniards poured out their ...
Page 484
... spirit which makes earthly power likest God's . In the fourth act Shylock holds by the law and by his bond . When asked , " How shalt thou hope for mercy , rendering none ? " Shylock answers , still placing the letter above the spirit ...
... spirit which makes earthly power likest God's . In the fourth act Shylock holds by the law and by his bond . When asked , " How shalt thou hope for mercy , rendering none ? " Shylock answers , still placing the letter above the spirit ...
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... spirit than to the letter . Bassanio and Gratiano , true as they we pledged to be , had yielded , in spite of the letter of their pledge , all that was due elsewhere to courtesy and friendship . The great lesson of life is taught , and ...
... spirit than to the letter . Bassanio and Gratiano , true as they we pledged to be , had yielded , in spite of the letter of their pledge , all that was due elsewhere to courtesy and friendship . The great lesson of life is taught , and ...
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