Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by … - Elizabeth Bowen

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Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law — inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods.

Elizabeth Bowen

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Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (June 7 1899 – February 22 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.

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Alternative Names: Elisabeth Bowen • Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole) Bowen

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