I do not know why the necessity of God
Should feed on grief; but it seems so.

Christopher Fry

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Need of God Grief

Speaker

Moses

Author

Christopher Fry

Source

The Firstborn

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Fry, Christopher. The Firstborn. Cambridge University Press, 1946, act 3, sc. 2.

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Politics and the English Language

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Politics and the English Language
Medium
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Genre
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Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

Current Citation

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