Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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Page 142
... body ; so in every Action , which is the subject of a just worke , there is requir'd a certaine propor- tionable greatnesse , neither too vast , nor too minute . For that which happens to the Eyes , when wee behold a body , the same ...
... body ; so in every Action , which is the subject of a just worke , there is requir'd a certaine propor- tionable greatnesse , neither too vast , nor too minute . For that which happens to the Eyes , when wee behold a body , the same ...
Page 207
... Body hath three dimensions , to wit , Longi- tude , Latitude and Profunditie . But of all bodies , Man is of the lowest rank , ( as the Triangle is among Figures ) being composed of the Elements which make it liable to alteration and ...
... Body hath three dimensions , to wit , Longi- tude , Latitude and Profunditie . But of all bodies , Man is of the lowest rank , ( as the Triangle is among Figures ) being composed of the Elements which make it liable to alteration and ...
Page 209
... Body from the Soul , which to it is in lieu of a male . And as in corporall generations the female affords but grosse and passive matter , to which the Male gives active heat and prolificall vertue : so in spiritual generations ( which ...
... Body from the Soul , which to it is in lieu of a male . And as in corporall generations the female affords but grosse and passive matter , to which the Male gives active heat and prolificall vertue : so in spiritual generations ( which ...
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