Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... fancy , or invention " as if they were synonyms . In this way " fancy , " or " imagination , " in- herited much of the meaning and function formerly assigned to the classical inventio . And by mid - century , in Leviathan , Hobbes had ...
... fancy , or invention " as if they were synonyms . In this way " fancy , " or " imagination , " in- herited much of the meaning and function formerly assigned to the classical inventio . And by mid - century , in Leviathan , Hobbes had ...
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... Fancy , does but Dream , when it is not guided by sensible Objects . ” Later critics could not , under such circumstances , permit Carew's " wit " to signify the rational faculty in general - that would be unreason- able and unnatural ...
... Fancy , does but Dream , when it is not guided by sensible Objects . ” Later critics could not , under such circumstances , permit Carew's " wit " to signify the rational faculty in general - that would be unreason- able and unnatural ...
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... fancy and judgment are commonly comprehended under the name of wit . The expository precision of this passage , in which Hobbes lends exact form to most of the major issues , is partly the result of his willingness , around 1640 , to ...
... fancy and judgment are commonly comprehended under the name of wit . The expository precision of this passage , in which Hobbes lends exact form to most of the major issues , is partly the result of his willingness , around 1640 , to ...
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