Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... truth and fitnesse then they , why are we envied ? Let us beware , while wee strive to adde , wee doe not diminish , or deface ; wee may improve , but not augment . By discrediting falshood , Truth growes in request . Wee must not goe ...
... truth and fitnesse then they , why are we envied ? Let us beware , while wee strive to adde , wee doe not diminish , or deface ; wee may improve , but not augment . By discrediting falshood , Truth growes in request . Wee must not goe ...
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... Truth still is One ; Truth is Divinely bright , No cloudy Doubts obscure her Native Light ; While in your Thoughts you find the least Debate , You may Confound , but never can Translate . Your Stile will this thro ' all Disguises show ...
... Truth still is One ; Truth is Divinely bright , No cloudy Doubts obscure her Native Light ; While in your Thoughts you find the least Debate , You may Confound , but never can Translate . Your Stile will this thro ' all Disguises show ...
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... Truth , where the Meaning's obvious , will dispense ; The Reader what in Reason's due , believes , Nor can we call ... Truth , and make a tow'ring Flight , Presenting things impossible to view , They wander thro ' incredible to True ...
... Truth , where the Meaning's obvious , will dispense ; The Reader what in Reason's due , believes , Nor can we call ... Truth , and make a tow'ring Flight , Presenting things impossible to view , They wander thro ' incredible to True ...
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