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... sword . Her feet go down to death , her steps lead on to hell . ' ( Prov . v , 4,5 ) 2 THE TINIVERSITV de monHOAKE Unlike Cleopatra , with whom Burton associates her , Helen is wholly passive ; she undertakes no action which might give ...
... sword . Her feet go down to death , her steps lead on to hell . ' ( Prov . v , 4,5 ) 2 THE TINIVERSITV de monHOAKE Unlike Cleopatra , with whom Burton associates her , Helen is wholly passive ; she undertakes no action which might give ...
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... , see Helen Morris , " Queen Elizabeth I ' shadowed ' in Cleopatra , " Huntingdon Library Quarterly 32 ( 1968/69 ) , 271-278 . J. E. Neale , Queen Elizabeth I ( 1934 ; rprt . 1967 ) , p . 302 . his sword Philippan " ( II.5-21f . ) , is 318.
... , see Helen Morris , " Queen Elizabeth I ' shadowed ' in Cleopatra , " Huntingdon Library Quarterly 32 ( 1968/69 ) , 271-278 . J. E. Neale , Queen Elizabeth I ( 1934 ; rprt . 1967 ) , p . 302 . his sword Philippan " ( II.5-21f . ) , is 318.
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... sword Philippan " ( II.5-21f . ) , is , if the action is viewed through Caesar's eyes , further indictment of Antony's passivity and " loss of manhood " and of Cleopatra's disorderliness and of the dangerous dominance which turns the ...
... sword Philippan " ( II.5-21f . ) , is , if the action is viewed through Caesar's eyes , further indictment of Antony's passivity and " loss of manhood " and of Cleopatra's disorderliness and of the dangerous dominance which turns the ...
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