English Critical Essays (sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries) Selected and Ed. by Edmund D. JonesEdmund David Jones H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940 - 460 pages |
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... nature agree , which not . The natural philosopher thereon hath his name , and the moral philosopher standeth upon the natural virtues , vices , and passions of man ; and follow Nature ' ( saith he ) therein , and thou shalt not err ...
... nature agree , which not . The natural philosopher thereon hath his name , and the moral philosopher standeth upon the natural virtues , vices , and passions of man ; and follow Nature ' ( saith he ) therein , and thou shalt not err ...
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... nature was to be preferred . I answer you , therefore , by distinguishing betwixt what is nearest to the nature of comedy , which is the imitation of common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious ...
... nature was to be preferred . I answer you , therefore , by distinguishing betwixt what is nearest to the nature of comedy , which is the imitation of common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious ...
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... Nature absolutely impossible ? Or is it not , rather , con- trary to Nature to fail in it ? Nature herself sets the ladder , all wanting is our ambition to climb . For by the bounty of Nature we are as strong as our predecessors ; and ...
... Nature absolutely impossible ? Or is it not , rather , con- trary to Nature to fail in it ? Nature herself sets the ladder , all wanting is our ambition to climb . For by the bounty of Nature we are as strong as our predecessors ; and ...
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SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 155486 | 1 |
THOMAS CAMPION 15671620 | 65 |
SAMUEL DANIEL 15621619 | 72 |
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